Windsor armchair
Category
Furniture
Date
1820 - 1840
Materials
Ash and elm
Measurements
84.5 x 53 x 44 cm
Place of origin
Thames Valley
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Paycocke's House and Cottage, Essex
NT 717500
Summary
An ash Windsor armchair, Thames Valley, probably High Wycombe, early 19th century With a pierced horizontal back stretcher carved with a floral design, the solid saddle seat raised on turned legs tied by stretchers Stamped with ‘A’ under the seat. See: Cotton, Bernard 'The English Regional Chair' 1990 pg.83 fig.TV169 for a similar example of a Windsor chair.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust in 1980 by Miss N. Blythe.
Marks and inscriptions
Under seat: 'A'
References
Cotton 1990: Bernard D. Cotton, The English Regional Chair, Woodbridge 1990, pg.83