Victorian style chair
Wood frame, olive to brown cloth with dark brown & tan threading. Approx. 40" back, 25" arms, 15" seat
Was inherited from grandmother. I remember seeing chair in her house in the 1970's but dont know when it was aquired.
Inherited
Maybe
Dear Erin,
I think of this as a library chair, it's a very pretty and functional piece, and the little brass bumpers on the feet were there to allow the chair to slide smoothly on wood floors.
At auction, on the worst of days, similar chairs usually sell for $50USD and less and the best of days, as much as $100USD. Please let me know if you have any follow-up questions and thank you for submitting to Mearto.
Sincerely,
Erin-Marie
Dear Erin,
Your chair is definitely American! Woods are difficult to distinguish via photos but most chairs like this are mahogany. That said, the scrapes 'look' lighter than mahogany; this is either because you used a flash or the base wood isn't mahogany at all but was made from a less expensive wood which was stained to look like mahogany (easy to tell in person, hard via images).
It's not quite Victorian, some of the age related patina occurs in the stain. I think this was made in the late 1930s to 1940s, in the classic Victorian style. It's mass produced and if you decided to recover it, you may find a maker somewhere on the wood.
Let me know if my answers give you any follow-up questions.
Sincerely,
Erin-Marie
Thank you so much! Can u tell type of wood, approx year was made & if american? Thanks!