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 1288356.2.5
Summary
A stained oak spindle-back side chair, part of a group of seven chairs comprising one armchair and six side chairs, Lancashire/Cheshire, early 19th century, 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.
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.