Parlor set...any thoughts on this?

Trying to post pics of a parlor set on here, but it will not upload.

uchiuke

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I bought these 4 pieces together back in 1994...3 matching chairs, one with arms, two with no arms. The settee does not match, but was from the same estate sale. A woman bought it originally, had one daughter who lived to be in her 90's...the daughter died with no heirs, so her estate was sold. A friend bought them, and I bought them from him a few days later.

Any help in identifying who made them or about this type of furniture would be appreciated. The original upholstery on the two no arm chairs was a dark rose/red color, the armed chair was a dark green. The settee has inlaid mother-of-pearl and a gold inlaid trim. Other than the upholstery, none of the pieces have every been refinished. I did not dust them off for the photos, but the wood is in beautiful condition.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Jane

The sofa is ca. 1900 while the chairs are probably 1870s - Renaissance Revival.  Both mass produced, so hard to pinpoint a particular maker.

;)  The chairs are in what would have been call the neo-grec style in the 1870s--the sofa, however, was surely sold as "Colonial" in ca. 1900.  That they all ended up in the same house sale makes sense--as people inherited stuff, and divided old parlor sets with siblings, they added new, more modern things.  Little sofas like that one were often sold with a couple of other chairs--often one arm and one side chair--or even a rocker.  These odd suites were often called reception suites... Chicago manufacturers like Karpen Brothers offered a wide line of such suites in a diverse range of styles...