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<p>[QUOTE="Fern77, post: 4106312, member: 16131"]I think they are very good looking, probably local, and quite recent. The Prairie-years-Wright (he went on to do really awful stuff later) inspiration is very pleasing, but far from unique--they even make a very similar version, with slightly shorter back, in my neck of the woods! </p><p><br /></p><p>Now for provenance, the person that sold them to you is your best bet to throw you a lead as to who owned them before, or who could know. Are you just curious or is provenance important to you for some other reason?</p><p><br /></p><p>You could try showing a picture of them to the people at well-established furniture stores (look for the oldest guy you can find there), and see if they remember carrying them in the last ten years or so. They are reasonably distinctive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Fern77, post: 4106312, member: 16131"]I think they are very good looking, probably local, and quite recent. The Prairie-years-Wright (he went on to do really awful stuff later) inspiration is very pleasing, but far from unique--they even make a very similar version, with slightly shorter back, in my neck of the woods! Now for provenance, the person that sold them to you is your best bet to throw you a lead as to who owned them before, or who could know. Are you just curious or is provenance important to you for some other reason? You could try showing a picture of them to the people at well-established furniture stores (look for the oldest guy you can find there), and see if they remember carrying them in the last ten years or so. They are reasonably distinctive.[/QUOTE]
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