AN ASH, ELM, CHERRY AND BEECH WINDSOR ARMCHAIR

BY HARDING AND SON, THAMES VALLEY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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AN ASH, ELM, CHERRY AND BEECH WINDSOR ARMCHAIR
By Harding and Son, Thames Valley, early 19th Century
The eared toprail, vase-shaped splat, and indented front arm-supports above a solid shaped seat, on four cabriole legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher, hoof feet, the underside inscribed in white paint '119/221/858' and with plastic label 'OM 221' and in chalk '12', with indistinct paper label, '(H)ARDING & SONS CHAIR MANUFACTURERS, BEACONSFIELD/the set of chairs and two stools made in 1810', restorations and replacements to the splat, the arm bow and toprail partially replaced

Lot Essay

A similar example is illustrated in Dr. B. Cotton, The English Regional Chair, Woodbridge, 1990, p. 45, fig. TV14. The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Leeds, 1986, p. 396, records William Harding and Son, as chairmakers and shop keepers from 1827-1838, in High Wycombe, however Beaconsfield is the neighbouring town, which they may have moved from in 1927.

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