LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE III GOTHIC YEW WINDSOR ARMCHAIR
LATE 18TH CENTURY
With pierced tracery splats including underarm, bell-shaped elm seat and cabriole legs with pierced spandrels and crinoline stretcher
40 ½ in. (103 cm.) high; the seat 23 in. (59 cm.) wide, 16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high and deep

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Lot Essay

The Gothic Windsor chair with it's pointed-arch back is usually described as the pinnacle of Windsor chair-making, the height of fashion at the time. The period examples are only made in yew, which itself is the prized timber for Windsor chairs.

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