Tell City Chairs Phyfe-Style Mahogany Small Dining Chair

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Tell City Carved Rose Back Mahogany Dining Chair with a plastic-like autumn colored seat cover. There is only one of … Read more Tell City Carved Rose Back Mahogany Dining Chair with a plastic-like autumn colored seat cover. There is only one of these chairs available.

The chair in the image is a mahogany Duncan Phyfe-style chair, produced by the Tell City Chair Company. The company, also known as the Tell City Furniture Company, was located in Indiana and was a well-known vintage furniture manufacturer.

Tell City chairs were made in Tell City, Indiana, from 1865 through 2011. Called the Tell City Chair Co., the company is particularly well-known for its mid-century modern dining chairs made of solid hardwoods. The company was founded as the Chair Makers Union in 1865, it became the Tell City Chair Company in 1924 and closed in 2011.

Key features of this style of chair include:
A carved rose back or floral design on the backrest.
Mahogany wood construction.
Saber legs, which are the curved front legs.
An upholstered seat, which in this case has a floral pattern.
Chairs of this type from the Tell City Chair Company were often produced in the 1940s. See less