AN ASH SPINDLE BACK ROCKING ARMCHAIR, CUMBRIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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AN ASH SPINDLE BACK ROCKING ARMCHAIR, CUMBRIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
with two rows of bobbin-turned spindles between flattened cross splats, with outswept arms and straw seat, on turned legs joined by multiple stretchers and with chamfered rockers
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Lot Essay

This distinctive model of chair has been attributed to the Brocklebank family of chairmakers in the Eskdale Valley of Cumbria. For a detailed account of this research see 'Eskdale Chairs' by Susan Stuart and David Jones, published in Regional Furniture, vol. 1X, 1995.

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