LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A WEST COUNTRY PAINTED ASH AND ELM WINDSOR ARMCHAIR
LATE 18TH CENTURY
With solid splat and cabriole legs
38in. (89cm.) high, the seat 23in. (59cm.) wide, 16½in. (42cm.) deep

Literature

A similar chair is illustrated in Dr B. Cotton The English Regional Chair Woodbridge 1990 page 271

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Lot Essay

This chair is one of a distinctive group of Windsor armchairs made in the West Country, possibly in Exeter. An example is in the Cotton Collection, The Geffrye Museum, London. Typical characteristics are large, contoured elm seats, hand-shaped spindles (three each side of a vasiform splat), hatchet-shaped toprail and cabriole front legs with a shallow curve, as distinct from the more vigorous cabriole legs found on Thames Valley Windsors. The turned rear legs are simulated as bamboo, which is a distinctive and unique feature of the chairs in this group
Dr B.D Cotton.

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