An Exceptional matched Set of Eight Early 19th Century English Triple Bowed Windsor Armchairs
The bowed top rail housing a fret carved central splat and six spindles, with a bowed arm on bold turned supports, above a saddle seat, resting on turned out-swept legs.
All joined by a bowed (crinoline) stretcher.
All having exceptional colour and patination.
Recently restored, re-glued and waxed up in our workshop.
The unusual thing about this Harlequin set, is that they all have the same backs, very rare.
If you look closely you can see the slight variations between the arm supports and legs.
Selling on consignment for a private customer, NO GST.
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
Selling a very comfortable windsor armchair from my private collection.
This has been my desk chair for years, also doubled as an attractive sculpture style chair on a single white wall at my apartment.
Purchased in Chester about 20 years ago.
A rare early 19th Century English oak and fruitwood continuous arm Windsor chair.
The continuous arm on simulated bamboo spindle supports, joined to a fruitwood seat with hollowed hand grips below, resting on bamboo simulated legs and stretchers.
All having traces of the original yellow paint with black painted nodes on spindles and legs.
‘West Country – probably Yealmpton. Featured full page colour photograph and described on page 269, The English Regional Chair by Bernard Cotton.
19th Century English elm, ash & beech high Windsor armchair, having a shaped pierced center splat, with bowed arms, resting on baluster turned legs, joined to an ‘H’ stretcher.
A rare second half 19th Century English Burr Elm, Pollard Oak and Rosewood Wine/centre table.
The Burr Elm, Pollard Oak and Satin-wood banded circular top having a gadrooned moulded edge, resting on a Rosewood gun-barrel shaped column, terminating on the original oak bun feet and low profile brass castors.
An interesting 19th Century English printed ship’s davenport.
The brass turned finial gallery above a hinged writing slope with ‘H.M.S. Bellerophan’ painted. The front panel having an anchor and English flag, and the left side dated ‘1815 A.D.’, housing three painted drawers. The right side having a crown and the initials ‘G. III R.’, and the rear panel having ‘Royal Navy’. (Restorations)
The deep cantered pediment, above an ogee shaped tulip headed top-rail.
Then three shelves, flanked by Pollard Oak uprights, with the original wide painted back planks.
The figured Oak single plank top, above a central moulded Oak drawer with brass swan-neck handles and applied ogee shaped lower mouldings.
Framing a matching, painted open central display space, flanked by two upright Pollard Oak paneled doors, resting on shaped bracket feet.
Good overall polished and wax patination.
C.1880
Note: Having all the original brass hanging hooks. Each shelf has two points of perching, to hold ceramic plates and pewter chargers. This dresser is unusually small in proportions, the narrow depth and width of the base is very desirable in a period home or a modern setting. At times we re-paint the rear planks to match the off-white walls, in a contempary setting.
A rare mid 18th Century English elm low dresser, having an applied rear plate. Above an attractive ogee cut apron housing three field frieze drawers with brass swan neck handles raised on long cabriole legs terminating on a pad foot, ownership initial on one. I photographed the original single plank ‘adze’ finished backboard, as it is outstanding! (I could look at it all day)
Adze: form of an axe in which the blade is set at a right angle to the handle, used for dressing timber. Required skill. To use the cutting adze requires standing astride or on top of the log to be hewn.
Note: 35 years in the trade and this is only the second elm dresser I have stocked, as elm being such a soft timber rarely survives in such good condition.
Rare late 17th Century English oak low dresser of diminutive proportions.
The well patinated two plank top with moulded edge, above a pair of twin mitre moulded drawers, with brass drop handles. Raised on baluster turned front legs, with rectangular section side stretchers. Great overall colour and patination.
Notice the beautful figured elm single plank back board! Unusual.
With three raised fielded drawers above a pair of central fixed fielded panels
Flanked to either side by a conforming cupboard door, on extended stile supports.
1780 – 1800
H:82 cm W:186.5 cm D.48cm
An exceptional 19th Century Australian eucalyptus stool. The thick plank top having good faded colour and patination (note the fiddle back grain to the sides). Supported by four original turned outswept ash legs.
In our storeroom we have a vast selection of 18th and 19th Century English and French dresser and buffet racks.
Suitable to replace a missing rack or very fashionalbe to hand approximately 8 inches above a sideboard, this modernises your dresser or just as a hanging wall rack on its own.
If you look through these photos and imagine the lower sections being removed to have more of a recatngular clean line look. In the case of a timber panelled back the panels can be removed to modernised the rack.
Sizes vary from 4ft – 7ft wide and can look fantastic with a mix of modern and old on the shelves. One of my favorite mixes is green majolica plates and also with pewter charges and tankets.
