Lincolnshire rush-seated ladder back side chair: straight back uprights with tapered feet & flattened top finials; 5 ladders with lower indented shaping; square cornered cabriole front legs morticed into the seat frame, with rushing bars; front stretcher with turnery often found in Lincolnshire, double side & rear stretchers possibly by Ashton/Green

Lincolnshire rush-seated ladder back side chair: straight back uprights with tapered feet & flattened top finials; 5 ladders with lower indented shaping; square cornered cabriole front legs morticed into the seat frame, with rushing bars; front stretcher with turnery often found in Lincolnshire, double side & rear stretchers: an Ashton chair WS 24 

This type of chair is known as an "Ashton Chair" after the family that are supposed to have made them in the Spilsby/Louth area of Lincolnshire and it is from these, with their distinctive features, that nearly all interest in Lincolnshire chairs stems. This particular design does not turn up very often and they are usually keenly contested as they are as Lincolnshire as the Imp and Stuffed Chine are. (Some of you may need to put stuffed chine into Google to understand that last remark. Or watch the video below).

The Imp, Lincoln Cathedral

Stuffed chine © Meridian Meats, Louth

© William Sergeant 2019