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Exceptional Pair of Primitive Georgian Windsor Comb Back Armchairs
With Curved Crests and Broad Sculpturally Saddled Seats
Well Figured Fruity Nutty Coloured Elm, Ash and Walnut
English, c.1750
Related Literature: Thomas Crispin, "The English Windsor Chair"; Pub. Alan Sutton, 1992. A closely similar example is illustrated and described: Plate 2:25, page 60.
Dimensions
109.5cms high x 57.5cms wide x 46cms deepCondition report
These are generously scaled early chairs of a most unusual design, probably originating from the Thames Valley, the heartland of the British Vernacular chairmaking tradition in the C18th. An important and stylish pair with genuine original surface, rich patination and lovely golden colour.Stock number
8770The BADA Standard
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