WS 205 18th century likely Lincolnshire comb back |
Canterbury Auction Galleries 2 October 2018 Lot 1161 |
The chair pictured at the top is available for public viewing at the Epworth Rectory Museum, home of the Methodist Wesley family. While this chair has been there for sometime and it has a plaque attached to the top rail, it has not been established how long it has been in their collection, though it is the curator's intention to delve into the archives to see if there is any provenance to go with it. What is so significant about the discovery of this chair is that it has been found in Lincolnshire, very close to the River Trent, which is mentioned in my article and points again to the workshop of Joseph Newton. See also No 209.
© William Sergeant 2019
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