EARLY 19TH CENTURY, BY AMOS OF GRANTHAM

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A PAIR OF LINCOLNSHIRE YEWWOOD AND ELM WINDSOR ARMCHAIRS
Early 19th century, by Amos of Grantham
Each with a pierced splat and inswept underarm supports, with turned legs joined by a crinoline stretcher, each bearing a strike Amos Grantham on the top of the seat towards the rear edge, one rear leg renewed
Each 36in. (92cm.) high, the seat 18in. (46cm.) wide, 15in. (39cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

John Amos lived and worked at his estate cottage at Little Gonerby, a short distance from the major chair-making centre of Grantham in Lincolnshire. His work is distinctive in producing chairs of noticeably fine and delicate construction. He produced chairs during a period of design change, where curved branch-made under-arm supports were used in his earlier chairs, but later, around 1820, he followed the common regional fashion of making fine turned under-arm supports. See Dr B Cotton, The English Regional Chair, Woodbridge, 1990, p.124, fig.NE61 for a very similar example.

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