A yew-wood and elm low-back Windsor armchair, South Yorkshire/North Nottinghamshire, late 19th century

细节

A yew-wood and elm low-back Windsor armchair, South Yorkshire/North Nottinghamshire, late 19th century
with curved bar top-rail and outswept arms, on ring-turned spindle gallery supports with ring-turned legs joined by stretchers
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拍品专文

Chairs of this type formed extremely comfortable seating in a wide variety of communal settings such as Working Men's Clubs and Government Institutions of many kinds. They were also used as individual chairs to sit at desks and the trade card of Isaac Allsop & Sons of Worksop, Nottinghamshire, (fl. 1871-1887) shows a closely similar example which is called an Office Chair. William Brear & Son of Addingham, Nr. Leeds (fl. 1881-1930) called this chair a Best Lowback Smoker. Chairs of this general design are made in High Wycombe, Worksop, Newcastle and throughout South Yorkshire. However, examples made in prized yew-wood seem only to have been made by the South Yorkshire and North Nottinghamshire makers.