A yew wood and elm child's Windsor armchair, North East, early 19th century
A yew wood and elm child's Windsor armchair, North East, early 19th century

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A yew wood and elm child's Windsor armchair, North East, early 19th century
adapted for rocking, with a hoop back and turned legs joined by a crinolene stretcher, stamped Wheatland Rockley, repairs
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William Wheatland's (fl.1822-28) contribution to Nottinghamshire chairmaking was significant, training many other chair-makers. For a fuller discussion and an illustration of a similar childs chair see Dr B Cotton The English Regional Chair Woodbridge, 1990, p182.

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