Signed and Marked Chairs and Settles
These are the signed Chairs that we currently have. If you see something that you are interested in, please don't hesitate to call us. On the Unmarked Chairs page, there are a few chairs for which we know the maker, but there are no markings or labels. For generic antique mission chairs, or chairs by a know maker but unsigned, click on the following link:
Unmarked Chairs
This is a unique and rare form, V-Back, double pinned at the top stretcher.
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L&JG Stickley Arm Chair Inventory
No. CJM27 $725.00
In very good condition with no loose joints, no broken pieces, signed with hand clamp decal on the inside of the lower front stretcher.
Decal is a little worn, but it's there. |
| Paine Furniture Co. Morris Chair
This is a signed morris chair by the Paine Furniture Co., of Boston, MA. It has a metal tag on the inside of the rear seat rail. In the most upright position it is 41" tall. The arms are 39-1/2" deep and 5-1/4" wide. Both the front and back legs are mortised through the arms. The seat is 23-1/2" deep and 21-1/2" wide. The seat is 16" high and the arms are 22" high. Inventory No. CBL-1 $2,950.00 A maching foot stool (new) is also available with the same pattern of slats on the sides as across the back of the chair. It is in great condition with nice wide arms and four positions to the back. Because of the four positions it reclines a bit more than most and is extremely confortable.
The photos above were taken in the shop. The photos below and to the right were taken outdoors.
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| Heywood Wakefield Arm Chairs
Inventory No A-1009 $650.00
These chairs are 38" tall with a seat top at 19". The seat is 19" deep and 19" wide at the center. The arms are 26-1/2" high. The chair is 25-3/4" wide at the outside of the arms and the arms are 3-1/2" wide. The finish appears to be original with some loss of finish to the back of one chair which has been repaired.
Both chairs are marked under the arm with a Heywood Wakefield paper label.
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The seats are a wood frame with an open center. The open center is covered in chair webbing which is turn is covered with burlap. The padding consists of a layer of horsehair and cotton. This is all covered in white muslin. Additional padding can be added if desired when the final upholstery is added.
This is the label on the other chair which is not in as good condition, but still partially readable as Heywoo Wakefied. |
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Inventory No: A989: $650.00
This rocker is in exceptional original condition. Double pinned mortise and tenon joints in the crest rail in the back.
It is not pinned on the sides
L&JG Stickley decal is on the outside back seat rail. It also has a metal tag from the store in Pittsburg, PA that originally sold the chair.
The back crest rail is double pinned. The front seat rail and the lower stretcher is also pinned
The seat is the original spring seat, in fairly good condition. The current fabric is not the original material. It needs to be recovered at which time a couple to broken wires between the springs can be replaced. All the springs are in good condition. |
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As in typical with Limbert chairs and rockers it is not pegged on the sides.
The front seat rail is double pegged through the front leg. |
 This chair is in excellent condition with minimal portions being refinished, mainly the arms. The right arm is made from two pieces of wood as can be seen by the joint towards the back of the arm, one piece being darker than the other. Inventory No. CJM15 $795.00
The 'joint' shown above is part of the original construction. The finish on all of the chair is original except for the arms.
The left arm has a drying (age) crack along the outside of the leg tenon. It is stable and is not open.
The top back crest rail is double pegged in the top of the back leg. |
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