Windsor armchair
Category
Furniture
Date
1770 - 1799
Materials
Yew
Measurements
98 x 59 x 49 cm
Place of origin
Britain
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Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1288355
Summary
A wheelback yew Windsor armchair, British, late 18th century, the hoop-back and arm-bow centred by a shaped and pierced wheel back-splat, flanked on either side by vertical spindles to the rear and sides, the armrests on bobbin-turned supports, the saddle-seat on four splayed turned legs, joined by an H-stretcher.
Provenance
In 1937 Sir Geoffrey Mander and his wife Rosalie gifted Wightwick Manor, its contents and gardens to the National Trust. Sir Geoffrey and his family continued to occupy and manage Wightwick adding to the collection in collaboration with the National Trust. Sir Geoffrey died in 1962 but Lady Mander continued to live at Wightwick until her death in 1988.