Red Velvet Chair

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  1. Kp6703

    Kp6703 New Member

    image.jpg image.jpg Can anyone give me some advice on what I've inherited? It was my great grandmother's. Handed down to her daughter who was a seamstress. She reupholstered it in crushed red velvet. The back is high. My great grandmother was mid 80's when she passed in 1980. Any help would be appreciated.
    From my search it doesn't seem to be a slipper chair.
     
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  2. FlyingButtonRanch

    FlyingButtonRanch Crazy for old clothes buttons!

    Pretty! I'd say 1940's (without seeing the legs and knowing how it was originally upholstered). When they have the high button back, no arms and a skirt, most people just refer to them as a boudoir chair.
     
  3. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    Can't add much to this. I think 40s-50s is right. In this red velvet, I might call it a bordello chair rather than a boudoir chair ......:woot:
     
  4. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    yup....looks like it came straight out of a cat house !!
     
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  5. Kp6703

    Kp6703 New Member

    Lol you should see it at Christmas near a white tree dressed in Victorian! Any idea on worth, if I were to part with it? Thank you.
     
  6. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Personally I have no idea what it could be worth, so it's more of a " what it's worth to you".
    I would think though that it would be worth more in South Carolina , than say..Seattle, due to it's style.

    That's not much to go on, but maybe others will have a better insight.:)
     
  7. Lucille.b

    Lucille.b Well-Known Member

    Would love to see it at Christmas next to a white Victorian tree. I think you should keep it.

    I don't think value is too great. It has sort of a "cool, funky" appeal with all of that red, but it sort of contains a mix of styles as has been stated. Fussy boudoir shape/hot velvet red.

    Just my opinion, if I saw this at an antique store or resale spot where I live, I might expect to see $50-$75.
     
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  8. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Call it Hollywood Regency instead of High Class Whorehouse and you could get double that in Cali.(LOL) My cats would love it, but somehow I don't think it deserves to end up as a fancy scratching post and nap spot.
     
  9. Kp6703

    Kp6703 New Member

    It's dressed in some heavy duty antique crushed red velvet, many yards. I've seen chairs at consignment shops but never anything as ornate as this, or would that be gawdy? Lol it's actually very beautiful in the right setting.
     
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  10. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    it looks comfy..
     
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