A CHERRY AND ELM WINDSOR SIDE CHAIR

THAMES VALLEY, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A CHERRY AND ELM WINDSOR SIDE CHAIR
Thames Valley, late 18th Century
The shaped and eared toprail, and pierced vase-shaped splat above a shaped seat, on cabriole legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher, the underside inscribed in white paint '249/' and in chalk ', restorations, the feet tipped

AND A CHERRY AND ELM WINDSOR SIDE CHAIR
Thames Valley, late 18th Century
The shaped and eared toprail, pierced vase-shaped splat, above a shaped seat, on ring-turned legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher, the underside inscribed in white paint '250' and the reverse with
'P.K.ROT 9', and printed plastic label 'PATTERN OM 4473', with residue black paint overall (2)

Provenance

The Parker Knoll records state that the second chair was acquired from Millar, 22 August 1918 for £2.15.0.

Literature

The first chair: A.E. Reviers Hopkins, 'Eighteenth Century Windsor Chairs', Old Furniture, November, 1928, illustrated, p. 155, fig. 7.

Lot Essay

A sidechair similar to the first chair is illustrated in B. D. Cotton, The English Regional Chair, Woodbridge, 1990, p. 48, fig. TV23.
Another chair of the same pattern is illustrated in J. Kirk, American Furniture and the British Tradition, New York, 1982, p. 296, no. 1110.

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