An exceptional set of ten first half 19th Century English ash and fruitwood wavy-line ladder back dining chairs – CJS501

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An exceptional set of first half 19th Century English ash and fruitwood wavy-line ladder back dining chairs.

Mid West region.

Round turned front legs terminating in pad feet, joined by conventional turned stretcher. Square and lower chamfered back legs, legs connected by box-form stretchers, one stretcher connecting rear legs. Rush seat with some protective strips missing. Straight round back uprights, terminating in domed and nipple top finials, connected with six graduated wavy-line ladders. Curved shaped arms which mortice into back uprights and turned tenons. Turned underarm supports of conventional style, which is half the turning motif of the front cross-stretcher.

Two carvers and eight chairs.

Attributed to Lancashire 1790-1840.

Reference, The English Regional chair by Bernard D. Cotton – Page 415 – Fig. NW354