I just bought these two chairs in an estate sale. I think they are the real thing. Anyone know if they are real shaker, and the best way to sell them?
~~Mike
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Authentic?
The tops of the back posts don't look right, don't know if they were made that way or the finials were removed for some reason. Best suggestion I have is to take them to a good appraiser to find out if they could be authentic. You can also look in some of the shaker furniture collections, but keep in mind there were variations between communities, and even within a community over time.
The Rush seats look fairly new , are they done with fibre Rush or real natural Rush ?
The original would have natural Rush , look under the seat for knots in each corner where the rush gets tied together, if it's mostly smooth with only a few knots it is Fibre rush which is a tough grade of Brown twisted paper that does not like water .
The chairs do look very old , perhaps a few square nails in the back slats .
regards , dusty
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