Lincolnshire low bow back Windsor armchair with 3 x quatrefoil pierced splat, 6 long spindles, 8 short, crook underarm supports, straight seat sides, ring and cove front legs, plain back legs, crinoline stretcher WS 113

Lincolnshire low bow back Windsor armchair with 3 x quatrefoil pierced splat, 6 long spindles, 8 short, crook underarm supports, straight seat sides, ring and cove front legs, plain back legs, crinoline stretcher WS 113

This chair was brought to a talk that I gave about chairmaking in Caistor by a local resident. It was in excellent original condition, just in need of a good dust and wax. The seat is of elm and the rest of yew except for the two back legs which were ash. The ring and cove front leg turnings and plain back legs would point towards it being made in Lincolnshire and the shape of the seat is typical of Grantham. The crinoline stretcher and the crook underarm supports suggest a date of of early 1800s. The quatrefoil piercings on the splat are similar to chairs shown in Dr B D Cotton's The English Regional Chair (1990) at Plate 12 on p. 110 made by John Amos and William Taylor of Westgate, Grantham at figure NE 28 on p. 118.

I am sorry about the carpet but it was the best I could do in Caistor Town Hall. Just take a moment to study this chair as it is probably nearly 200 years old and of a type that rarely appears on the market.

Further chairs with quatrefoil pierced splats may be seen in yesterday's post, WS 184 and also this post. 

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