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A PAINTED AND STRAW CHILD'S ARMCHAIR
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A PAINTED AND STRAW CHILD'S ARMCHAIR

PROBABLY BY D.M. KIRKNESS OF KIRKWALL, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A PAINTED AND STRAW CHILD'S ARMCHAIR
PROBABLY BY D.M. KIRKNESS OF KIRKWALL, LATE 19TH CENTURY
With a curved back and frieze drawer, re-decorated
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This lot is offered without reserve. No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. This lot is subject to storage and collection charges. **For Furniture and Decorative Objects, storage charges commence 7 days from sale. Please contact department for further details.**

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Straw backed chairs from Orkney are one of the most distinctive forms of British regional chair. They originate on islands where home grown wood is scarce and where the inhabitants turned to other natural materials to supply many of their needs. Paramount amongst these was the straw produced from the native black oats which was used in the manufacture of many kinds of domestic items. David Munro Kirkness (1855-1936) had been been born on Westray and opened his business as a carpenter and undertaker in about 1880; chairs from his workshop found favour in London and other metropolitan centres, and examples were shown in housing exhibitions promoted by major stores. D M Kirkness maintained his workshops over a fifty-year period producing, as reported in his obituary , some 14,000 chairs in his working life.