Smoker's bow
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1850 - 1880
Materials
Mahogany
Measurements
83 x 59 x 53 cm
Place of origin
High Wycombe
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Scotney Castle, Kent
NT 791814
Summary
A mahogany smoker's bow open armchair, High Wycombe, circa 1850-1880. The arched continuous armbow with scroll terminals and raised on inswept front supports and a central pierced splat, the seat on turned tapering front legs with castors.
Full description
A chair with a similar armbow was advertised in the catalogue of Glenister and Gibbons of High Wycombe (fl. 1865 - 1879) and illustrated in Bernard Cotton 'The English Regional chair', page 97, Fig.TV233, courtesy of High Wycombe Chair Museum.
Provenance
Part of the Hussey collection. The contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 2006 by Mrs. Elizabeth Hussey.
References
Cotton 1990: Bernard D. Cotton, The English Regional Chair, Woodbridge 1990, Page 97, Fig TV233