Windsor armchair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1830
Materials
Yew with elm seat.
Measurements
101 x 58 x 39.5 cm
Place of origin
Lincolnshire
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 882874.8
Summary
A yew Windsor armchair, Lincolnshire, circa 1830. Stamped BRAND SLEAFORD on the upper surface of the elm seat, with a pierced central splat, ring-turned under-arm baluster supports and ring-turned legs joined by a crinoline stretcher.
Full description
John Brand of Southgate, Sleaford, Lincolnshire was working between 1826 and 1851. This chair is illustrated in Bernard Cotton 'The English Regional chair', Woodbridge 1990, page 120, Fig NE35 with a detail of the BRAND SLEAFORD stamp in Fig NE36, with caption 'Courtesy National Trust, Lanhydrock, Cornwall'.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust by Nigel Neatby a local antique dealer who helped find furniture for Lanhydrock in the 1960's and 1970's.
Marks and inscriptions
Upper surface of seat.: BRAND SLEAFORD
References
Cotton 1990: Bernard D. Cotton, The English Regional Chair, Woodbridge 1990, page 120, Fig NE35 & NE36