A FRUITWOOD AND ELM LOWBACK WINDSOR ARMCHAIR

A FRUITWOOD AND ELM LOWBACK WINDSOR ARMCHAIR

ATTRIBUTED TO HIGH WYCOMBE, C.1820-40

the back with three turned spindles above a central rondel flanked by a pair of leaf motifs, on turned legs united by an 'H' stretcher, together with a beech and elm Oxford Windsor lowback armchair, with remains of red paint, the back edge of the seat stamped with the initials 'GS 54' (2)

Provenance

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.

Catalogue Note

See Bernard D. Cotton, 'The English regional chair', p.83 for a similar example.