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AN OAK SETTEE
the design attributed to John Starkey, the carved toprail above triangular section panelled seat, on ring-turned tapering legs joined by stretchers, with squab cushion -- 45in. (114cm.) wide
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An example of a single chair bearing the label of John Starkey and dated between 1892-1904 is exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, item no. 8 in the gallery entitled Morris & Co. and late Victorian revivals. John Starkey was a Warwick cabinet maker and antique dealer who is known to have sold a number of models copying the example at Lord Leycester's Hospital in Warwick.
the design attributed to John Starkey, the carved toprail above triangular section panelled seat, on ring-turned tapering legs joined by stretchers, with squab cushion -- 45in. (114cm.) wide
See Illustration
An example of a single chair bearing the label of John Starkey and dated between 1892-1904 is exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, item no. 8 in the gallery entitled Morris & Co. and late Victorian revivals. John Starkey was a Warwick cabinet maker and antique dealer who is known to have sold a number of models copying the example at Lord Leycester's Hospital in Warwick.