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    Default Help with a chair id-what type

    Hi..someone was throwing this chair out.I took it.I asked about it.The old man said it came from the upper east side nyc where his daughter found it.It has a broken leg near the bottom.Looks like someone took it down to bare wood,as I can see the original finish on the leg backs.Question is ,what kind of chair style would you call this.It is one well built chair.Thanks
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    Default Re: Help with a chair id-what type

    It's hard to tell because your photos don't show he whole chair, but it appears to be a varaint of a Louis IV style armchair with a very interesting and intricate frame. Certainly worthy of rescuing from the dumpster from what I can see.
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    Default Re: Help with a chair id-what type

    Hi Duane.Thanks very much for your id of it.I added some pictures from outside to have it show better.Yeah..that carving design was the first thing I noticed when I came up to it at the curb.Just as I was looking at it the man who owned the house pulled in.He told me his daughter was living in nyc and this came from the upper east side apt she was living in.I think the one leg broke cause they stuck cheap casters on it..and not well done..or even drilled in,which might account for why the one long broke..from a split..which it looks like on inspection.....I took the casters off of course and the other legs look good.Any idea of when this was made .Arnold
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    No idea on maker or age, but its a no-sag spring so its 20th century. Frame is hand-carved and typical of Pacific Rim carvings, so I suspect its imported frame, domestically made. Fun form factor on it. Yes, its a mistake to drill into a leg and install a caster or even a glide, fractures are almost always the end result. I'd not pour a lot of money into it because its not investment grade, but if you're handy you can fix the legs and have a local upholstery company recover for not much money, it probably only needs about 3 to 4 yards of material.
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