Lot Essay
The characteristic of fixing the arm-rest to the outer back spindle is also associated with Irish chairs.
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WEST COUNTRY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Details
AN ASH WINDSOR ARMCHAIR
West Country, early 19th Century
The stepped toprail above a waved splat, with tapering arms above a chamfered seat, on faceted legs, the underside inscribed in white paint '124/6043' and in chalk '6', with plastic label 'OM6043', previously painted
West Country, early 19th Century
The stepped toprail above a waved splat, with tapering arms above a chamfered seat, on faceted legs, the underside inscribed in white paint '124/6043' and in chalk '6', with plastic label 'OM6043', previously painted
Provenance
The Parker Knoll records state that this chair was acquired from Millar on 25 March 1925 for £3.10.0.
Exhibited
A.E. Reviers Hopkins, 'Eighteenth Century Windsor Chairs', Old Furniture, November, 1928, illustrated, p. 155. fig. 2.