John Amos, high bow back Lincolnshire Windsor armchair with 3-piercing fleur de lys upper splat, single pierced lower splat, 6 long spindles, 8 short, crook underarm supports, crinoline stretcher, 5 ring then ball then 3 ring turning w lower ring & cove, plain back, straight seat sides

WS 131 John Amos, Grantham

What a fine example of an original Grantham Windsor chair.

A word on splats: I have found absolutely no connection between the maker and the fretted design on Lincolnshire chairs. So much so that on inspection of a new chair I do not even look at the splat or its design. The pattern shown here appears in a similar form on all stamped makers chairs. However , there is a little feature that I have noticed on this chair which I believe may be peculiar to Amos. If you look at the top section of the splat, at the bottom of the two long vertical frets there are two tear drops , connected by a small gap. I have only seen this on Amos chairs and could be a design feature specific to him. If any one has come across that else where then please let me know. For another splat from another Amos chair please see figure TBS2 on p. 105 of Dr D B Cotton's The English Regional Chair (1990).

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