Lot 315
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An ash, beech and alder Windsor armchair, Lincolnshire, mid 19th century

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An ash, beech and alder Windsor armchair, Lincolnshire, mid 19th century
with pierced fret splat, ring-turned front arm supports, alder seat and ring-turned legs joined by stretchers, stamped twice SHIRLEY
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Lot Essay

William Shirley (fl.1841-1881) worked in Grantham in the early 1840's before moving to Caistor, North East Lincolnshire to continue his trade.
See Dr B Cotton The English Regional Chair, Woodbridge, 1991, p.145, fig.NE167 for an illustration of the stamp and fig.NE166 for a chair of similar model, although on rockers.

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