On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:04:27 GMT, Beandout wrote:

The chair belonged to my
grandmother so there is no question as to it's age....at least 70.

Got any pictures ?

Stamped in the wood on the underside of the seat are the
words....Stickley,Fayetteville,Syracuse along with the number 5.

Fayetteville is the other brothers L & JG Stickley (still going today),
rather than the more fashionable Gustav. They were both in Syracuse,
but Gustav a few miles away from Fayetteville in Eastwood.

It is a
small scale side chair with a thin thin back containing a heart shaped cut-
out.

Heart-shaped cutouts are interesting. They're more usually associated
with Limbert or Roycroft than Stickley, but the _very_ early (1898)
Gustav pieces like the Celandine table used it as a motif. Later
"Quaint" period Stickley after the peak of the Craftsman era also used
it. Your chair is probably one of these.

So, not one of the prime period or manufacturer pieces, but still highly
desirable.

There are
also 2 sets of 4 digit numbers in a greenish ink but they are nearly
unreadable.

"5" is probably a maker's or inspector's number and there could also be
a 3 or 4 digit pattern number on there.

Stickley is all pretty well documented. Many of the styles are still in
production today, preserving their original pattern numbers. There's
also a vast amount of information around, both in books and on the web.
Dover Pres have some good titles, including reprinted old catalogues.

It's also worth looking at the on-line sites of real auction houses -
not that other place. Try searching through Treadway Gallery,
webteek.com and similar - they have lots of photos on-line and you might
recognise it.