Appraisal For Antique Walnut Chair, What’s It Worth?

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Dear Sirs:
We have recently purchased an old chair from an individual who had it
in their family. We took the chair to have it refinished, and our
refinisher felt this was a chair that was perhaps made in the 16th
century.

The information he gave us is as follows:

“This chair, in my eyes, has the Jacobean style. It is of walnut. It
has hand-tooled tongue and grooved joints; very good fit all the way.
Top to bottom the (S - C) scrolls, there are no two alike. The cane
holes in the seat seem to be random drilled.
I have restored some rare pieces in the forty-five years in this
business. I believe this is one. The tools used are mallet, knife,
saw, chisels, rasp, hook and scraper.”

I have enclosed some photos. We would appreciate your views on this
chair, and thank you for your time and courtesy.

Sincerely, Ron and Marylin

The reason I wanted to see the underside of the chair frame is that it would show me the construction methods used and there would be little doubt. All of that said, I’d have to agree from the pictures that what the restorer said appears to be true, however, I believe the chair to be middle to late 1600s, which would make it a 17th century Jacobean style chair.

1650-1700s1800-$3000 (top price)

(The midrange price you could expect to achieve at a well advertised live auction. The price that is most often realized)

N/AThe price your likely to get if you have to sell your item immediately and your prospective customer is aware of this.

Jacobean Chair, 17th Century Walnut Carved Chair

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I would not touch it really, except maybe to get the seat recaned.

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