Lincolnshire Windsor & Rush-seated Chairs

Lincolnshire Windsor & Rush seated chairs, including a catalogue of the Lincolnshire Chairs exhibition held at Alford Manor April to October 2019. Text & pictures by William Sergeant & Julian Parker. Some chairs from other regions are covered either to distinguish them from Lincolnshire chairs or for their inherent beauty. Occasional posts on other subjects happen from time to time. William Sergeant's talks about the chairs may be found in the Useful Links

Friday 3 January 2020

Thames Valley comb back & Gillows bow back Windsors in Jamaica Inn (1939)

Thanks to my old friend Paul Noakes for spotting these Windsors on film:

Jamaica Inn (1939). Film by Hitchock. Dramatic end for Leslie Banks. Thames Valley comb back vase splat Windsor armchair with cabriole legs by unknown maker, (1750-1770) #regionalfurniture #windsorchair #ThamesValley pic.twitter.com/u2ie118HMG
— Julian Parker (@jhjparker) January 7, 2020

and

Jamaica Inn (1939) Film by Hitchcock. Romantic lead by Robert Newton. Windsor chair by Gillows of Lancaster. #regionalfurniture #windsorchair #Gillows pic.twitter.com/G3jar5k1Bb
— Julian Parker (@jhjparker) January 7, 2020

An excellent article "Gillow’s ‘Neat and Strong Windsor Chairs’ for home and export in the eighteenth century" by Susan E. Stuart may be found on the Regional Furniture Society website. Her more recent update article More about Gillows’ Windsor and Common Chairs is also available on the RFS website.

Robert Parrott and Michael Harding Hill's article John Pitt (1714 - 1759) Thames Valley Windsor Chair Maker discusses early Thames Valley chairs similar to the one in the first Jamaica Inn Tweet above.

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