Windsor chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1840 - circa 1870
Materials
Yew, ash, elm
Measurements
87 x 41 x 43 cm
Place of origin
Buckinghamshire
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608271.1
Summary
A yew-wood and elm draught-back Windsor chair, English, probably Buckinghamshire, mid-19th century, one of a pair. With a line-inscribed hoop toprail above a shaped, pierced and 'draught'-carved splat between two sets of three turned spindles. The saddle seat of elm with a wedge to the rear. All four legs baluster- and ring-turned, joined by an 'H'-shaped stretcher.
Provenance
Sneyer collection. Bequeathed to the National Trust from the Sneyer collection, 29th June 1988.