APPRAISER: So, tell me about this chair.
GUEST: Well, this chair has been in our family since the 1920s. It was originally my great-grandparents', and we have always speculated about it, my mom always called it the Chippendale chair. So I think we'd like to know, if possible, how old it is, and whether it is related to Chippen... the famous Thomas Chippendale, as my mom thought it was.
APPRAISER: Okay, so we would look at this chair and the first thing we would call it is Chippendale-style.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: This chair was actually most likely made in England.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: And interesting, you say 1920s?
GUEST: Yes.
APPRAISER: It was most likely manufactured somewhere between about 1900 and 1920.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: But stylistically, it is right out of the design book by Thomas Chippendale.
GUEST: Mmm-hmm.
APPRAISER: So you've got this wonderful carved crest rail, and then moving down this really nicely carved back rest, moving down with these foliate scrolls, and further scrolls. And then after the upholstered seat you've got the wonderful carved seat rail, again with shell carving, and these carved cabriole legs, down to leaf-carved scrolling feet as well.
GUEST: Yes, okay.
APPRAISER: So I'm going to turn this around real quick. And on the back you have this absolutely wonderful custom brace that somebody had made. And you can actually see in a couple of areas where breaks had occurred through here.
GUEST: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: So someone had this custom brace made to support the back rest, which is really--
GUEST: Yeah, we wondered about that.
APPRAISER: Yeah. But then interestingly, one of the ways that when we look at a chair to see how old it is, is we immediately go to this area here.
GUEST: Oh.
APPRAISER: And in the 18th century, this, this would have been three parts. It would have been-- this is called the splat, and then this rail would have been broken up into two parts. You would have had the rail, and then you would have had a thin piece of wood right here called the shoe where the splat would fit in.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: So, immediately, when we saw this chair, we all turned it around, we go right to this place, and we know that it is not 18th century, it's later.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: All signs point to it being early 20th century. I think if I saw this in an antique store today, in this condition, I think a good collector or decorator would love to have it, and I'd expect to see a price between around about $750 and $1,000.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: All right?
GUEST: Yes, thank you very much.
APPRAISER: Well, thank you for bringing it in today, it's been a joy to look at.
GUEST: Thank you.
