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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ownedbybear, post: 1555687, member: 29&quot;]Tap them, see if any dust comes out. If it doesn&#039;t, worms are long dead. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d think late 19th ish, the range davey said. OP is in the UK, from that power point, and that supports that these look from over here. The sacking has been decently redone, and with that velvet, I suspect someone got at them in the late 80s or early 90s. It&#039;s FAR too pale. </p><p><br /></p><p>Carving is Art Nouveau in style, with the shape of the chair starting to have Deco influences. </p><p><br /></p><p>They need a good clean down, brushing, darker wax and a rich dark fabric on them. I&#039;d go for deep red or bottle green, myself - or a dark rust maybe. Peel the gimp braid off, and then gently take the velvet off. You can leave the sacking alone. If you can&#039;t find an old mattress, then you can buy fire retardant padding on Ebay or whatever. You&#039;ll need a glue gun or a steady hand with tacks, but it&#039;s not a hard job.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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