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<p>[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 1053168, member: 5170"]A bit unusual, but I have to go with James and the late 19th century on these; specifically, Federal Revival with a little dash of......Eastlake. I'd date them to the 1880s-90s. Good price and very attractive chairs!</p><p><br /></p><p>One can occasionally see this with clocks and mirrors; certain conservative styles had staying power, sometimes in the big cities as well as the countryside. Ogee clock cases, for example, started in the Federal period but could be found new almost a century later. The maker would simply add a fillip of Renaissance Revival or whatever and call it good.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 1053168, member: 5170"]A bit unusual, but I have to go with James and the late 19th century on these; specifically, Federal Revival with a little dash of......Eastlake. I'd date them to the 1880s-90s. Good price and very attractive chairs! One can occasionally see this with clocks and mirrors; certain conservative styles had staying power, sometimes in the big cities as well as the countryside. Ogee clock cases, for example, started in the Federal period but could be found new almost a century later. The maker would simply add a fillip of Renaissance Revival or whatever and call it good.[/QUOTE]
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