Smoker's bow
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1930
Materials
Beech, elm
Measurements
77.5 x 59 x 40 cm
Place of origin
England
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Ightham Mote, Kent
NT 825032.1
Summary
One of a pair of beech and elm smoker's bow Windsor armchairs, Thames Valley, circa 1930. Each stamped J. ELLIOT & SON and each with horseshoe-shaped armbow raised on a spindle gallery, the solid elm seat on turned legs joined by twin cross-stretchers.
Full description
J. Elliot & Son opened their chair factory in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire in 1887 and continued in business until the 1930s.
Marks and inscriptions
Rear edge of seat: J. ELLIOT & SON