Posts Tagged ‘17th century’

Antique Upholstered Occasional Chairs (late 19th Century and early 20th century)

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

CHAIRS  upholstered, occasional
The turn of the century saw an onslaught of a type of chair, neither for dining nor for long-term comfortable seating, which is aptly named ‘occasional’. They were made in a variety of styles and we show a selection on these pages which cover most of the normal types. Rather than dwell individually [...]

High Children`s Chairs

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

CHAIRS — children’s high
Here of course, one cannot judge a chair by its correctness of proportion as against the adult equivalent. Instead the test has to be how successfully the maker has elongated the piece while keeping in sympathy with the style of his period.
In this fine child’s oak chair the maker has got it [...]