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<p>[QUOTE="kconary, post: 950962, member: 12116"][QUOTE="I think yours is newer than the 1930's. My mom's was bought new in the late 1960's, and the finish looked like yours so I believe your's has its original finish.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought exactly as you did until I started noticing all the new ones I see online have a different (the newer) stamp on it. So now I'm not so confident that is true. </p><p><br /></p><p>For example:</p><p><a href="https://www.chairish.com/product/1611605/late-20th-century-nichols-stone-traditional-colonial-style-solid-hard-rock-maple-rocking-chair" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.chairish.com/product/1611605/late-20th-century-nichols-stone-traditional-colonial-style-solid-hard-rock-maple-rocking-chair" rel="nofollow">https://www.chairish.com/product/1611605/late-20th-century-nichols-stone-traditional-colonial-style-solid-hard-rock-maple-rocking-chair</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebth.com/items/954961-vintage-nichols-stone-boston-rocker-wood-rocking-chair" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebth.com/items/954961-vintage-nichols-stone-boston-rocker-wood-rocking-chair" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebth.com/items/954961-vintage-nichols-stone-boston-rocker-wood-rocking-chair</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nichols-Stone-Co-Antique-Solid-Wood-Rocking-Chair-Maple-/252888177189" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nichols-Stone-Co-Antique-Solid-Wood-Rocking-Chair-Maple-/252888177189" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nichols-Stone-Co-Antique-Solid-Wood-Rocking-Chair-Maple-/252888177189</a></p><p><br /></p><p>See what I mean? Also, the only reason I suspect newer staining is because under the seat someone appeared to have brushed on stain counter to the grain and didn't wipe it off very well, so you can see color streaks cross grain. Seemed like an amateur mistake on a DIY restore, but I could be wrong about that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kconary, post: 950962, member: 12116"][QUOTE="I think yours is newer than the 1930's. My mom's was bought new in the late 1960's, and the finish looked like yours so I believe your's has its original finish.[/QUOTE] I thought exactly as you did until I started noticing all the new ones I see online have a different (the newer) stamp on it. So now I'm not so confident that is true. For example: [URL]https://www.chairish.com/product/1611605/late-20th-century-nichols-stone-traditional-colonial-style-solid-hard-rock-maple-rocking-chair[/URL] [URL]https://www.ebth.com/items/954961-vintage-nichols-stone-boston-rocker-wood-rocking-chair[/URL] [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nichols-Stone-Co-Antique-Solid-Wood-Rocking-Chair-Maple-/252888177189[/URL] See what I mean? Also, the only reason I suspect newer staining is because under the seat someone appeared to have brushed on stain counter to the grain and didn't wipe it off very well, so you can see color streaks cross grain. Seemed like an amateur mistake on a DIY restore, but I could be wrong about that.[/QUOTE]
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