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.
