Set Of 6 19th Century Kitchen Dining Chairs

A charming true set of six West Midlands early 19th century Ash and Elm Kitchen Dining Chairs, in the manner of Philip Clissett.

Having elegant spindle turned backs over solid wooden seats, raised on turned legs unusually with single turned front stretcher.

These elegant chairs are identical in form to documented designs by well known West Midlands chair maker Philip Clissett.

He was operating throughout most of the 19th century and unusually for the time made the entire chairs himself, instead of just one of the components to then be combined with another maker's components.

He always used the traditional making method of a pole lathe and shave horse and produced several well known and distinctive designs throughout his career.

It is extremely rare to find a true set of 6 like these still together, with the majority of sets found these days being "harlequin" or "matched' sets.

They are also in excellent condition and have retained a super mellow, warm colour.

There is very little, if any restoration to speak of, but it is worth noting that one chair has some historic shrinkage to the back of a seat which is not affecting it structurally in the slightest, with no movement etc.

All the chairs show evidence of historic woodworm as you would expect on chairs of this age, but this has not been live for many years and they have been treated just in case.

These chairs also come supplied with some upholstered cushions which are probably around 20-30 years old.

Should you not wish to keep these they can simply be lifted off and the slightly sticky lines which they leave on the wooden seats will just wax off.

Height - 34.5in.
Width - 17.5in.
Depth - 15in.

Seat Height - 17in.
Clearance Height - 18in.

This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance

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