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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 82064, member: 37"]While this does have some Gothic elements, I think the chair is primarily Renaissance Revival. This is more what I think of when visualizing Gothic Revival. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.associatedartists.net/images/uploads/xl/Gothic-Revival-Mahoganized-Pak-Hall-Chair_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>or this .........</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=72585833" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The legs on the OP's chair are pure RR, as is that arched pediment top with upward finials. The quatrefoil cut-out is a common gothic design element. That center arch is more Moorish in design. The chair is really a bit of a Victorian mish-mash.</p><p><br /></p><p>This modern reproduction, is the closest I could find to the OP's chair. It is being marketed as Gothic revival and does have more Gothic elements to it than the OP's. I would not call it pure by any means.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61zEjPpRwYL._SY355_.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 82064, member: 37"]While this does have some Gothic elements, I think the chair is primarily Renaissance Revival. This is more what I think of when visualizing Gothic Revival. [IMG]http://www.associatedartists.net/images/uploads/xl/Gothic-Revival-Mahoganized-Pak-Hall-Chair_1.jpg[/IMG] or this ......... [IMG]http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=72585833[/IMG] The legs on the OP's chair are pure RR, as is that arched pediment top with upward finials. The quatrefoil cut-out is a common gothic design element. That center arch is more Moorish in design. The chair is really a bit of a Victorian mish-mash. This modern reproduction, is the closest I could find to the OP's chair. It is being marketed as Gothic revival and does have more Gothic elements to it than the OP's. I would not call it pure by any means. [IMG]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61zEjPpRwYL._SY355_.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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