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Details
A near pair of ash ladder-back armchairs, Lancashire, early 19th century
with a pedimented and perched top-rail, outswept arms, straw seat and turned legs joined by multiple stretchers
See Illustration (2)
with a pedimented and perched top-rail, outswept arms, straw seat and turned legs joined by multiple stretchers
See Illustration (2)
Literature
A similar chair is illustrated in Dr B. Cotton The English Regional Chair, Woodbridge, 1991, p.386, fig. NW37 and additionally on p.316 as plate 49.
This distinctive type of chair with its unusual crest-rail and wavy outswept arm is attributed to the Billinge area of Lancashire. For a detailed discussion of this tradition see pp.386-389.
This distinctive type of chair with its unusual crest-rail and wavy outswept arm is attributed to the Billinge area of Lancashire. For a detailed discussion of this tradition see pp.386-389.