Comb back Lincolnshire side chair by John Wilson of Grantham with curved crest rail, turned stiles, 6 long spindles, straight seat sides, ring and cove turnings on the front legs, plain back legs and H stretcher

Lincolnshire comb back side chair by John Wilson of Grantham WS 78

Brian Gray kindly made this neat side chair available to examine.  

It is not clear where John Wilson was born in about 1779. He married Ann Clark at St Mary and St Peter's Church, Harlaxton in September 1797. Harlaxton is less than three miles south west of Grantham towards Melton Mowbray.  They had four children between 1805 and 1816, all baptised in Harlaxton.   On each occasion, John Wilson's occupation is recorded as 'carpenter'. 

A sad notice in the Stamford Mercury on 31 October 1834 reads: 

"At the Guildhall, Grantham on Thursday the 23rd inst., John Wilson, of Little Gonerby, chair-maker, was bound over in 40l. recognizance for his good behaviour for 12 months, for an assault on John Clements, of the same  place, chair-maker. This fellow has long been the terror of Grantham and the neighbourhood, when in a state of intoxication." 

He died on 15 May 1837, aged 58, at Little Gonerby.