Spindle-back chair
Category
Furniture
Date
1840 - 1860
Materials
Ash, rush
Measurements
94 x 48 x 40 cm
Place of origin
Lancashire
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Flatford, Suffolk
NT 50227
Summary
An ash and rush spindle back chair, Lancashire / Cheshire, mid 19th century The waved top rail above two rows of five turned spindles and flanked by turned stiles, the rush seat raised on turned legs and pad feet joined by stretchers. See: Cotton, Bernard 'The English Regional Chair' ACC 1990
Provenance
Commissioned/Owned by the National Trust pre the 2017 project to refurbish Bridge Cottage.
References
Cotton 1990: Bernard D. Cotton, The English Regional Chair, Woodbridge 1990, pg.343-346