Lot Essay
This type of 'wheel back' is the most widely known and produced windsor chair, made in the Thames Valley throughout the 19th Century. B. D. Cotton, The English Regional Chair, Woodbridge, 1990, p. 41-53.
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THAMES VALLEY, MID-19TH CENTURY
Details
AN ASH, ELM, FRUIT AND BEECH WINDSOR ARMCHAIR
Thames Valley, mid-19th Century
With double hoopback and pierced wheel splat and incurved arm-supports, on ring-turned baluster legs, the right arm-supports, legs and stretchers replaced, the underside inscribed 'OM6058 and with label 'PATTERN'
AND AN ELM, FRUIT AND BEECH WINDSOR ARMCHAIR AND A SIMILAR SIDE CHAIR
Thames Valley, mid-19th Century
With hoop back, pierced wheel splat, incurved arm-supports on ring-turned baluster legs, the legs and stretchers replaced, the underside inscribed in white paint '25860588', the sidechair stripped and with 'OM4142' to the underside (2)
Thames Valley, mid-19th Century
With double hoopback and pierced wheel splat and incurved arm-supports, on ring-turned baluster legs, the right arm-supports, legs and stretchers replaced, the underside inscribed 'OM6058 and with label 'PATTERN'
AND AN ELM, FRUIT AND BEECH WINDSOR ARMCHAIR AND A SIMILAR SIDE CHAIR
Thames Valley, mid-19th Century
With hoop back, pierced wheel splat, incurved arm-supports on ring-turned baluster legs, the legs and stretchers replaced, the underside inscribed in white paint '25860588', the sidechair stripped and with 'OM4142' to the underside (2)
Provenance
The Parker Knoll records state that the second armchair was acquired from Levasseur, 23 October 1926 for £2.0.0.