John Amos, Grantham Windsor armchair, front leg turning with multiple rings above the cove and lower rings WS 133

John Amos, Grantham Windsor armchair, front leg turning with multiple rings above the cove and lower rings WS 133

John Amos is one of a very small group of makers who occasionally put multiple rings on his leg turnings. It makes a distinctive statement that says that this chair is just that little bit more special than the run-of-the-mill Lincolnshire Windsor armchair.  Normally there is a Tulip shaped turning to go with this design but on this one there is a single cove .

This chair is not the same as WS 131, an Amos chair which also features multiple rings but the idea of including the leg turning design features here is to highlight the slight differences that this maker incorporated into his yew wood chairs. The side and cross stretchers are replacements and the legs have been reduced.

© William Sergeant 2014 and 2020