My guess: The pattern of the wood grain. Also, the wood joints are visible in the armrest and on the back side, the joints of the later iterations are "hidden". This chair has a single back stretcher (just like the ones made today). For a long period (maybe 50s-70s) the back had two straight stretchers.
How can you tell that this was the chair he was sitting in?
My guess: The pattern of the wood grain. Also, the wood joints are visible in the armrest and on the back side, the joints of the later iterations are "hidden". This chair has a single back stretcher (just like the ones made today). For a long period (maybe 50s-70s) the back had two straight stretchers.