Spindle-back chair
Category
Furniture
Date
1800 - 1829
Materials
Oak, rush
Measurements
97 x 47.5 x 40 cm
Place of origin
Cheshire
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Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1288356
Summary
A set of seven stained oak spindle-back chairs comprising one armchair and six side chairs, Lancashire/Cheshire, early 19th century, the side chairs with shaped top rail and two plain horizontal bars joined by two rows of decoratively turned spindles, all between a pair of uprights with turned tops, the rush seat with a pair of turned front legs terminating in pad feet on domes, the front legs joined by a turned and shaped stretcher, two spindle stretchers to either side, the rear square-section legs joined by a single spindle stretcher; the armchair with a shaped top rail and three plain horizontal bars joined by three rows of variously heighted decoratively turned spindles, all between a pair of uprights with turned tops, the rush seat with plain slender seat rails, the shaped armrests on turned baluster supports which extend down to form the front legs terminating in pad feet on domes, the front legs joined by a turned and shaped stretchers, a pair of spindle stretchers to each side, the rear square-section legs joined by a single 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.