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TWO YEWWOOD AND ELM WINDSOR ARMCHAIRS, NORTH EAST, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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TWO YEWWOOD AND ELM WINDSOR ARMCHAIRS, NORTH EAST, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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TWO YEWWOOD AND ELM WINDSOR ARMCHAIRS, NORTH EAST, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
each with pierced central splat and ring-turned front arm supports, on turned legs joined by a crinoline stretcher, repairs
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Lot Essay

The chair illustrated and with the more outswept arms is almost certainly by George Wilson (Fl. 1841-91), chair manufacturer of Grantham, Lincolshire; the underarm turnings are typical of this maker, as recorded in Dr B Cotton, The English Regional Chair, Woodbridge, 1990, pp.125-126.

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