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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Adrian Lewis, post: 2765935, member: 12565&quot;]They seem to have been made in the last 20-30 years, maybe less, as the bottoms of the seats are almost virgin. The seat style is called a &quot;saddle seat&quot; and modern chair makers emulate this feature when reproducing antique chairs. If of any historical interest, the old &quot;saddle seats&quot; for chairs were made using an adze with the carver standing astride the rough seat block and hacking away. An old anecdote passed down to me by an ancient dealer was&nbsp; &quot;in the 17th and 18th centuries, you could always tell who the village chair maker was, as he always one or two toes missing&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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