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A yewwood and elm Windsor armchair, North East, early 19th century
A yewwood and elm Windsor armchair, North East, early 19th century

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A yewwood and elm Windsor armchair, North East, early 19th century
with outswept arms on incurved supports on turned legs joined by crinolene stretcher, stamped twice to the rear of the upper surface of the seat Marsh
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Lot Essay

This chair bears the stamp of Thomas (fl.1822-26) or his son John (fl.1842-61) Marsh of Sleaford, Lincolnshire. This stamp is often to be found on the upper surface of the seat and is often accompanied by the word Sleaford. See Dr B. Cotton The English Regional Chair Woodbridge, 1990 page 139 for details of this stamp and the maker.

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