A set of six yew-wood, elm and beech Windsor armchairs, Thames Valley, c.1800

細節

A set of six yew-wood, elm and beech Windsor armchairs, Thames Valley, c.1800
including a pair of armchairs, each with pierced wheel-centred splat, the arms with incurved front supports, on ring-turned legs joined by crinolene stretchers, one chair re-toed and with replacement back leg and stretcher support, another chair with replacement back leg and stretcher support
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拍品專文

These side chairs exhibit the highest design qualities and embody the familiar leg turnings and through-seat morticing of the earliest chairs of this type. The legs are connected by curved stretchers which were reserved for the "best" chairs made in yew and elm.