Eleven dining chairs american sheraton fancy painted chairs circa 1815 30 1 950 00 great antique set of six english country style walnut dining room chairs 19c.
Antique american chairs styles.
Examine antique chairs to determine the woods used to build the chair a key style indicator.
Know your antique chair styles.
Chairs are often highly representative of the furniture style that was popular when their artisans made them.
Options between 1900 and 1950 include.
Antique chairs were often made from rosewood elm bird s eye maple oak walnut hickory ash and cherry.
Other common motifs of the american empire style included columns rope twist carvings animal paw feet stars and anthemion leaf ornamentation as well as a style of gilding called vert antique simulating aged green bronze.