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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Circa71, post: 467295, member: 9620&quot;]My weekend find. I fell in love with it instantly. It&#039;s a time machine, like all good antiques, and I knew we had to get acquainted. But most of my antiquing life has been spent almost exclusively in the world of mid-century modern and I know so little about these older periods &amp; pieces. I want to change that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sitting on this feels like royalty on a throne. The burgundy velvet, original as far as I can tell, has wear but who cares -- I can&#039;t stop touching it! It&#039;s so smooth and soft. The back is some other material -- tapestry? There are no screws underneath, only small dark nails. The wood is smooth and timeworn and I love it. On the back of the &quot;tapestry&quot; (I think) back of the chair is more velvet, this an almost avocado or light pine green. The seat is sloped back a bit and very solid and comfy -- you could sit in it for hours and pretend you&#039;re king!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve spent a day trying to find antique chair identification sites and charts, to little avail (although I found this forum, which is happy). I&#039;ve looked at photos til my eyes hurt, and can&#039;t find anything exactly like it, so I don&#039;t know the make or anything else. But from all the looking I did in this crash course, I would venture to say that this is a french walnut Louis XIII style armchair. But I don&#039;t know how far off the bullseye I am. I&#039;d like to know where and when it was made. Any thoughts? Thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p>[GALLERY=media, 3956]chair by Circa71 posted Jan 19, 2019 at 9:31 PM[/GALLERY][GALLERY=media, 3955]chair by Circa71 posted Jan 19, 2019 at 9:30 PM[/GALLERY][GALLERY=media, 3954]chair by Circa71 posted Jan 19, 2019 at 9:29 PM[/GALLERY][GALLERY=media, 3953]chair by Circa71 posted Jan 19, 2019 at 9:22 PM[/GALLERY][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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