Well they are not "very old"...looks like 1970's or later. nic quality and no easy way of knowing who made them if they aren't marked.

Thanks Lindac92, They have been reupholstered at one point therefore all the markings has been removed from the original. They are low profile and the wear indicates they are older than 40-50 years - I could be wrong.

Thank you Helen for your feedback. So you think these are vintage 1940's? Beside the generic, do you know any firm who made similar products?

Get some better photos once you have them home. Do they have burl inlay in the chair backs?

Those brass balls were an addition to chairs from the 80s or 90s. As hard as it is for people to understand 50 years ago was the 1970 so 40 years ago would be the 1980s. While the back is a little different the seat and legs were standard for that time period. I also do not think they were dining chairs because they appear wider in the seat than what was standard so my thought was that they were waiting chairs for some office. Look at office furniture of that period for a suggestion of manufacturer.

Thanks Fori and maifleur03. Yes, very fine burl inlay in the chair backs. There are two capitain chairs and four dining chairs. The proportion of the height and the width is very similar or same as 1950-60's some Danish chairs. Absolutely does not look like the brass ball were added to the chairs afterwards.

I think Mai just meant that the 80s-90s was when the brass finials were more common on new chairs. I don't know if I've ever seen them anywhere, though!

Actually the only time I have seen brass finials on a chair was when they were replacements or once at a hotel on lounge chairs. It was done skillfully and after refinish to hid where the chair had a sad accident they looked original. Of course that meant all the rest needed the same treatment.

There is nothing Danish Modern about those chairs. The shape of the front leg negates that. And reupholstering may remove a tag but fine quality furniture is often marked on the wood itself. Also there is nothing about that style that plainly says 40's....but there is lots that indicates probably lots later.
Show examples of the wear you are talking about that indicates age. and how do you know they have been reupholstered?, outside of the fact it looks to be in very good condition.

Thank you again lindac92 for your contribution to this thread. The comment regarding Danish dining chairs were in response to maifleur03 "I also do not think they were dining chairs because they appear wider in the seat than what was standard". One has to be naive and foolish to think for one second that these were Danish - however the proportion of the height and the width is close if not same as Hans Wegner Wishbone chairs. In fact my first attraction to these were the low profile size and the measurements. As far as wear and the upholstery, there should be a little bit of trust on my judgement regarding the construction and the hardware used. Finally, the purpose of this forum is to help someone like me who does not know everything about these type of furniture - for everybody's information, I definitely don't think these are generic ... hopefully someone would know the origin of these.

You come asking for information, but don't provide enough information for anyone to formulate a meaningful assessment.
You ask for trust for your judgement on construction and hardware, but don't provide pictures to substantiate your premise.
What is it you want?
Are you looking to sell the chairs?

If you lack knowledge about the chairs what does your judgement have to do with anything? It is not possible unless someone has seen a particular piece of furniture that only one maker manufactures without looking for details to state where any piece of furniture is from. Too many makers make similar pieces with only slight changes in design. Some of the better known manufactures make whole lines of furniture that look on the surface to be the same but the internal structure changes from something that will last a year or two or a lifetime.

The proportion of the height and the width is very similar or same as 1950-60's some Danish chairs.

I can get on board with this statement. My grandparents’ dining chairs, which were of that time and style, have similar proprtions, @HU-634943949. They’re actually quite roomy in the seat and a very versatile size overall (like your “new” chairs), which is why I rescued them from their date with the trash man. When you have these chairs in your possession, and can get a better look at them, please come back and give me an update!

What are you trying to determine?

As has been posted, the chair is almost certainly a chair that was sold sometime after WW II and probably not in the 1940's. If it were a Heywood Wakefield piece one could date it from the late 1940's to early 1950's but your chairs don't have any design elements that would definitively place them in a particular era.

While arguably they might share certain elements of Danish Modern, they are not Danish Modern nor would they be sought after by people who were furnishing in a mid-century modern "iconic" style.

The chairs were most likely made by one of hundreds of factories making furniture after WW II and selling to nice bourgeois middle class ladies. The designer might have used elements of various styles but the end result is a pastiche but a nice piece of furniture.

For example, I inherited a pair of chairs from my mother. They were absolutely bought at W. J. Sloanes or Bloomingdales in the late 1950's/early 1960's. Sloanes and Bloomingdales (which is not related to the newer furniture store) were stores in which nice middle class ladies went for furniture in the era before Pottery Barn and Restoration Hardware :-). The chair absolutely steals design elements from an iconic Art Deco chair designed by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann in the 1920's. My mother just liked the chair as she had no particular overall design plans to recreate an Art Deco living room in the 1960's. In fact her end tables were classic Danish modern.

Anyway just to illustrate how furniture design elements are incorporated for the masses - my chair and the authentic Ruhlmann chair. They are obviously not identical but clearly who ever designed my pair of chairs was inspired by the original. The Ruhlann chair is valuable - my chairs are worth what a nice pair of used living room chairs are worth :-)

My chair which also could be said to have certain Danish Modern design elements

The authentic Ruhlmann chair

Fantastic chairs! At first, my guess was Regency, but the simple legs changed my mind. I’m going with Empire style…how many chairs? Wood, burled?

Grab them, fast!

I have some 1961 Drexel dining chairs that have a similar squatty proportion. The series also had a tall-backed chair available. I suppose it might have been considered more formal?

Anyway, we await some good photos!

Whatever their brand or provenance, they are lovely! Good find!!!

They are in no way Empire......nor regency

Will be interesting to see what the details are like. At the least, they look sturdy and comfortable. And being an unidentifiable style means they go with everything, right?

I was thinking maybe Hollywood regency. :) The balls should shine up nicely.

I’m sticking with Empire, and will explain (to the OP) the reason why: I think 20th century, chairs have a flat curved crest rail, solid splats, open arms ( Fauteuil), upholstered seats, and sabre legs.

An example of a brass finial used on the arm of a 1940’s French style chair. The pair sold for $22,000.00. Not that I am suggesting anything, but as ptreckle says, they are lovely chairs.

When you say "empire' you mean American Empire? as in 1800 to about 1840? Really?