Lot Essay
The particularly large size of this chair perhaps points to a special commission, or given the extra seat height it may have been made as a ceremonial chair
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A yew-wood and elm Windsor armchair, South Yorkshire/North Nottinghamshire, late 19th century
of exceptionally large size, with a burr-yew pierced fret-carved central splat, outswept arms and ring-turned spindle gallery, shaped seat with a thin coat of brown paint, on ring-turned legs joined by stretchers
See Illustration
of exceptionally large size, with a burr-yew pierced fret-carved central splat, outswept arms and ring-turned spindle gallery, shaped seat with a thin coat of brown paint, on ring-turned legs joined by stretchers
See Illustration