Greetings everyone….I have a question about a chair that has been in the family for years. I’ve attached 2 pics. One is of the chair upright. This is not the original seat. It previously had a woven rope/twine seat. The 2nd picture is what I am interested in. There is a piece of metal under each arm. I don’t know what these are. They are in the exact same place on each arm so I thought they might have a unique purpose. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Mike
Is there any wear on the knobs on the top of the chair toward the front? Any wear around the wood at the front where finger/fingernails would leave marks? The reason I ask is having been raised around elderly you see that as people age it takes more effort to move forward and then get the upward motion going for getting out of a chair.
My first impression for these was that it was for a hand to grip to pull forward and up in order to exit.
