LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A SET OF EIGHT LINCOLNSHIRE ASH LADDER BACK CHAIRS
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Including a pair of later armchairs, all with rush seats, minor differences (8)

Provenance

Rev Sheen, Vicar of Wellingore, Lincolnshire in the early 20th Century and thence by descent

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Lot Essay

The six chairs can be attributed to the Ashton family of chair turners who worked over much of the 18th and 19th Centuries in the villages of Spilsby, Alford and Louth in Lincolnshire. Characterised by not being stained, the use of pale ash with its distinctive grain is a hallmark of their work. The two armchairs were made in the first quarter of the 20th Century by a skilled turner, providing well-observed chairs to match the side chairs.

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