Lot Essay
The Parker Knoll records state that the first chair was acquired on 7 April 1927 for £1.16.0. The second chair was in stock in December 1929.
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WEST COUNTRY, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Details
AN ELM AND ASH WINDSOR ARMCHAIR
West Country, late 18th Century
With three part armrail and outswept arms with ring-turned baluster arm-supports, above a chamfered seat, on turned baluster legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher, the underside inscribed '247/4327' and a plastic label 'OM6087', stripped and with minor signs of old paint
AN ASH, ELM AND BEECH WINDSOR ARMCHAIR
Thames Valley, mid-19th Century
The low comb back with incurved arm-supports above a solid seat, on ring-turned baluster legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher, the underside inscribed '262/940' one stretcher replaced (2)
West Country, late 18th Century
With three part armrail and outswept arms with ring-turned baluster arm-supports, above a chamfered seat, on turned baluster legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher, the underside inscribed '247/4327' and a plastic label 'OM6087', stripped and with minor signs of old paint
AN ASH, ELM AND BEECH WINDSOR ARMCHAIR
Thames Valley, mid-19th Century
The low comb back with incurved arm-supports above a solid seat, on ring-turned baluster legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher, the underside inscribed '262/940' one stretcher replaced (2)
Literature
The first chair: A.E. Reviers Hopkins, 'Eighteenth Century Windsor Chairs', Old Furniture, November, 1928, illustrated p. 155, fig. 6.