George III Walnut and Sycamore Comb-back Windsor Chair
1760 England
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George III Walnut and Sycamore Comb-back Windsor Chair
An exceptionally fine and rare walnut & sycamore comb-back Windsor chair, from the Thames Valley region.
The chair is of generous proportions having a large ‘saddle’ style seat carved from a single piece of walnut, surrounded by a gallery back, steam bent horseshoe
Further reading: There is a similar chair in the Victoria & Albert Museum labelled Richard Hewett and a further by Pitt and Hewett in the Wycombe
Windsor chairs were, however, also produced in many other areas of Britain during the 18th and 19th centuries. A Windsor chair is characterised by its construction; the seat is of solid wood, with legs and arm-supports dowelled into it. Early Windsor chairs can sometimes be seen in paintings of gardens dating from the mid-18th century.
Features
• Carved solid walnut seat.
• Vertical turned rails of sycamore.
• Cabriole legs supported by turned and grooved H-stretcher of sycamore.
• Fabulous colour.
• Generous proportions.
• Original condition and extremely rare.
Condition
Original
Provenance
Private collection, Beaconsfield, England
Literature
‘The English Regional Chair’ By Bernard D.Cotton, page 33, plate 2.
See plates 108 & 109, in British Antique Furniture, 6th Ed. by John Andrews, pub. Antique Collectors Club 2011.
Note: The chair in plate 2, page 33 of ‘Cottons’ book is near identical to ours and
is now part of the Wycombe chair museum.
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