Spindle-back chair
Category
Furniture
Date
1840 - 1860
Materials
Ash, rush
Measurements
111 x 57 x 45 cm
Place of origin
Lancashire
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Flatford, Suffolk
NT 50226
Summary
An ash and rush spindle back armchair, Lancashire / Cheshire, mid 19th century The shaped top rail above three rows of turned spindles with turned stiles and a rush seat. The shaped arms held by turned supports continuing to turned legs and joined by stretchers. See: Bernard D. Cotton, 'The English Regional Chair' Woodbridge 1990
References
Cotton 1990: Bernard D. Cotton, The English Regional Chair, Woodbridge 1990, pg.343-346