A rare pair of 18th Century yew wood Gothic Windsor elbow chairs.
Having double bow construction, with fine tracery fretted splats oweing much to the 18th Century Gothic Revival. The bowed arms on swept back underarm supports attached to an unusual mahogany saddle seat (typically elm) above pierced knee brackets, raised on well-formed cabriole front legs joined by a crinoline stretcher.
Attributed to the Thames Valley region. Yew wood, fruitwood and mahogany seats.
No recorded period Gothic Windsor chair has yet been found in in any wood other than the prized yew wood.
Primitive 18th Century English comb back Windsor armchair – West Country
Ash with ash seat, legs, arms and spindles. The bowed top rail, on slight shaped down swept supports and four turned spindles between. The arms made of two sections lapped over and pierced by the two centre spindles and a moulded stay above, with four spindle arm supports to each side. A broad single plank seat, pierced and supported by four hand shaped legs.
A matched pair of mid to late 19th Century English ash and alder wood high back broad arm Windsor chairs. Attributed to Yorkshire. The ash high bowed back, housing an alder wood fret shaped center splat flanked by alder wood tapered spindles joined to bowed outswept arms with turned under arm supports and continued center splat on a figured ash saddle seat. Resting on outswept turned ash legs joined by an unusual double ‘H’ stretcher.
Refer: ‘The English Regional Chair’ by Bernard D. Cotton, page 200, Figure NE376
Early 19th Century English elm and beech double bow Windsor armchair.
The single ring and concare turned legs with lower ring and straight turned feet. Legs connected by ‘H’ – form elliptical turned stretchers. The elm saddle seat with scribed cage line having swept back under arm supports with a single arm hoop. The top hoop with scribed edge line supporting three long tapered spindles either side of central splat with star fretted motive and central turned round roundel. Having good overall colour and patination.
19th Century English ash double bow Windsor arm chair
The bowed top rail having an unusual straight line tapered and fine fret carved centre splat, running through the single piece bowed arm having a well shaped hand rest on shaped supports, joined to a thick single plank saddle seat with two very old steel reinforcement plates below, resting on turned legs joined by a turned ‘H’ stretcher.
