Bought this chair from a funeral Parlor. I don't know if this is the right board to come to but I was wondering if anyone could give me any information on it
Side view
>>1107470
I'll give you 10 bucks.
>>1107470
Yep, that's a chair.
>>1107475
I don't want to sell it.
>>1107470
Looks majestic m8. How much?
>>1107470
>buying ANYTHING from a funeral parlor
it's like you WANT to be cursed
>>1107470
It's a chair. Decently sized. Made out of wood I'd say
>>1107470
A yes, this is a Klismos chair. It's a type of ancient Greek chair, familiar from depictions of ancient furniture on painted pottery and in bas-reliefs from the mid-fifth century BCE onwards.
The long and elegant curve was quite difficult to create; and may have been carved from a single piece of wood, or by using mortise and tenon joints, or by bending by steam, or by training the wood.
The seat was built of four wooden turned staves, morticed into the legs; a web of cording or leather strips supported a cushion or a pelt. The klismos was a specifically Greek invention, without detectable earlier inspiration.
I'm definitely keeping it. I just want to know how old it is and any information about it.
>>1107492
That isnt right
>>1107470
My parent's house had the same carpeting when I was a kid.
I believe that face on the chair is a Green Man, OP. I just image searched "green man chair" and got a couple hits similar to but not identical to your chair.
This isn't the place to get something appraised though, see if antique's roadshow is coming somewhere near you this summer, or if not then call up any local antiques shop and ask them if they'll take a look for you. They're likelier than not to charge for the service, and if they want to buy it off you then whatever figure they give you is a lowball. Don't tell them how much you paid.
>>1107477
My buddy who's an expert on chairs told me it's worth $8-9 dollars, and that's to a special collector.
$3 is the best I can do.
apparently it's a savanrola
its a dante chair/savonarola chair. Most likely Victorian era.
>>1107470
That's the face of Thulk the Norse ferryman of the dead up at the top. Notice the seat of the chair is shaped like the barge which Thulk captains.
Tradionally those near death would sit in the chair to help grant them safe passage.
It is said if a healthy man should sit in Thulk's chair than he would face a painful death in seven days and seven nights. You didn't sit in this chair did you?
>>1107470
Would be a cool reading chair.
