A matched pair of tall side chairs with arched, scroll-crest backs and inset woven cane panels; seats also caned. Frames in dark-stained walnut with block-and-baluster turned front legs and an H-stretcher featuring a prominent vasiform front stretcher. Side stiles rise as slender turned posts flanking the back panel; molded seat rails and worn block feet.
Curator Questions
Curated by Jade
Assessment:
Well-observed Iberian Baroque style pair with attractive height and cresting. Wear, scattered worming, and repairs suggest age, but details (very regular turnings, matched pair symmetry, later cane, overall consistency) indicate a late 19th–early 20th century revival rather than period 17th/18th century manufacture. Good decorative presence; structurally serviceable with expected restorations. A word about fakes.. Iberian Baroque seating is widely reproduced; beware freshly carved scrolls, overly uniform machine turnings, and pristine cane claiming 17th-century origin.
Individual Images:
none
Provenance:
Not provided
Condition:
Good (heavy surface wear, scattered worming, repairs to stretchers; caning likely replaced; structurally usable)
Identification Score: 88%
High-back caned chairs with scroll-cresting and a bulbous front stretcher are hallmark features of Portuguese/Iberian Baroque seating; multiple elements match known models.
Authenticity Score: 35%
Likely not period: turnings and pair uniformity look late, caning appears replaced, and surfaces read as later revival. Without close joinery photos, safest to class as c. 1880–1920 reproductions of Baroque designs.
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