furniture style?
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| LOVE the table and side board! Try looking through this link-- Amish Styles, but some that you may like. Personally, I would go with a straight- highback with an upholstered seat. Legs could be turned or mission style in my opinion. I like the "mix and match" look with antiques. Softens the look, but keeps the beauty of the piece. http://www.amishtables.com/dining-room-chairs/page/7 |
| Love the table and details...I wouldn't worry about things matching...what do the chairs look like? Does the set match your decor and taste? Do you have the room for such large pieces? Your home should reflect your taste. These pieces are especially nice but if they are not what you like, well, think of alternatives. I wouldn't worry about anything matching...just match up the time period, not the exact design...do I make sense in that? Ha ha... Don't get rid of these pieces so quickly. They are beautiful... |
I think what you are looking at (though I could be mistaken) is design work from the transitional period between Empire style and Mission or Arts and Craft. Or it could be colonial revival, but I don't think so. We are trying to do our home in Mission and Arts & Crafts, and I've been able to sneak some Empire style pieces in-- namely our dinning room table and a dresser for the guest room. Our table is from 1890, and detailed like yours. But we wanted chairs that would hold us fatties--  -- so modern furniture is where we looked, and not antique. The Stickley chairs I wanted were WAY too expensive, so we wen to Bassett where you can pick all different styles and finishes and upholstery. OUr chairs look great with our table-- the colors are a wonderful match, and the style too.http://www.bassettfurniture.com/tools/c ... /index.asp If you have a store location near you, it's worth going and checking them out. They had WAY more to choose from in the show room than they do online. |
| the wood is whats now called quarter sawn oak (or white oak)...very tight graining...looking at it, my first thought was mission revival....it has a little art deco in it too... VERY VERY cool pieces.... its going to be very hard to find chairs that match unless you find some antiques...i think if you went with something upholstered it would soften it...i dont go for the ''matchy matchy'' look either... http://www.barnfurnituremart.com/produc ... =DRHL00081 you could then have seat cushions made with the violet color in a print made.... my kitchen table was similar to that and i just used painted black chairs... |
Darcy wrote: the wood is whats now called quarter sawn oak (or white oak)...very tight graining...looking at it, my first thought was mission revival....it has a little art deco in it too... VERY VERY cool pieces.... its going to be very hard to find chairs that match unless you find some antiques...i think if you went with something upholstered it would soften it...i dont go for the ''matchy matchy'' look either... http://www.barnfurnituremart.com/produc ... =DRHL00081 you could then have seat cushions made with the violet color in a print made.... my kitchen table was similar to that and i just used painted black chairs... We think a lot alike  ... I think adding different textures and pieces is fun and make it a personal style. I like the idea of bringing the violet into the cushions. |
| I picture an upholstered chair something like this (not plain white, and with a wider, flared, slightly curved top) http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20105831/ edit - more like this! http://www.target.com/p/Elizabeth-Parso ... A-11935424 |
| I was going to suggest Parson's chairs, upholstered in a solid or a nice print, depending on your taste/style. I love the furniture, very much. |
| Keep ideas coming! Parson's chairs have been on my list, finding some with oak legs a bit more difficult. Yes, Darcy, violet/purple would be the chosen color. For a person who likes color, the room is too ...vanilla. Color is called for. I'm leaning towards all wood Mission chairs for strength........I don't trust Parson's chairs to hold weight.....unless they are specifically made for larger people. ....tho I have run across purple Parsons....... Table has 8 leaves! Would need to find a bottom support for the center post as the wheel is long lost. Of course the room is not large enough for the leaves..so won't be trying to seat 14! Exact wood tone........well, years ago I refinished the table......before Antiques Roadshow told me that was a no-no. Was going to do the buffet, but couldn't bring myself to do it...good thing. So they really aren't the same color.......similar......so I should not fret about matching wood tones. I remember Mom was going to paint the set white leaving the top oak! Glad she didn't. |
Love the table and love the side board, the side board looks older and not a matched set to the dining table. Sideboard with the handles and carving scroll work on it looks at the cusp of the Edwardian into the Art deco era. Table looks later, art deco. Both are lovely.  To bring the wood up, bees wax is about all you put on good wood like that, takes a lot of elbow grease to buff it up after applying the bees wax polish but feeds the wood and preserves it. I'd be looking at more wood 2nd hand chairs, it does not have to be exactly the same wood as the table and buffet and usually 2nd hand furniture shops are the go to get an older set of great solid wood chairs and then re-upholster with a moden bright fabric to brighten the whole set. This is an old chair re-upholstered with a modern light regency striped fabric instead of the leather it originally had. That way too you can choose what colour & pattern you want the seats to be re-upholstered in to add a bit of colour and zing to the lovely table.  |
Oh I love the chair Lisa just posted and think it would match perfectly with your table!  Now, where you might find them is another story  |
| Susan post a picture of the chairs in the garage. If still solid in the wood part I'd be looking at getting rid of the worn leather parts and re-upholstering them in a modern touch of fabric or velvet if the wood part of the chairs you have are sturdy in the joints and still strong. Dont worry about the wood on the chairs being dry as long as the structure is still there and also if the leather is cracking and deteriating (sp) as long as the structure is sound then re-upholster. I love the older furniture, so sturdy and sound in construction, not like the modern day stuff where you dont have the dove tail joints and solid furniture construction like the solid pieces that were made back then usually by hand with all the joins of the wood crafted to perfection. You can if the chairs are still sound & sturdy bring them up quite easily the wood part with re-generation feeding oils and getting rid of the old leather part with a newer updated upholsterey of them. So take a photo would love to see what they are like. If sound & not wonky when sat on, take all the old upholsterey off or let it be taken off by a re-upholsterer and re-upholstered with your choice of mordernising it into this century if the chairs are sound, matching wood I would not worry about when it comes to the side board and table as long as they are in the fairly similar shades with a variance  If the frames are sound, to re-juvenate the wood frames of the chairs, half "Boiled" linseed oil to Half Mineral turpentine, soaked on a cloth and applied to the woodwork, then leave it for 24 hours to soak in and then just run over with a soft cloth, it brings the wood back to nearly new looking and feeds and moisturises the dry wood. I haunt 2nd hand shops, and restoring stuff to its prime, one time I brought a hall stand, cost was so cheap and could see the potential, hubby thought I was mad & not impressed at the time    , well cleaning it up and using the boiled linseed oil mix and a few weeks later buffing it with bees wax it turned out to be a treasure. Made of solid oak and even on it Parquetry (sp) appeared in the form of a lovely tulip as the centre piece in different woods creating something real special you could not see when I brought it, I still love it and turned out to be my buy was a bargain for a piece of what most thought when I brought it home a piece of junk, so never say never to old hardy handmade furniture when sometimes just a bit of TLC can bring them up to be worth more then the modern day assembly line badly made, unsound stuff, that does not last, with a primp whats old can be modern and new again and much more sound and sturdy. |
| Lisa, more good info! Laugh about boiled linseed and turps.......yeah, that was my job as a kid. Didn't do the beeswax.........enough work as it was |
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