Lincolnshire Windsor Grecian scroll back bar back side chair stamped SHIRLEY WS 72 and 71

Lincolnshire Windsor Grecian scroll back bar back side chair stamped SHIRLEY WS 71

Lincolnshire Windsor Grecian scroll back bar back side chair stamped SHIRLEY WS 72 

Stamped by the maker William Shirley of Caistor, this bar back simple kitchen chair has distinctive leg turnings. There is a simple line drawing of a similar side chair in John Shadford's notebook (the 10th image down this webpage) with the word 'Grecian' and the price 2/6 written beneath.  This type of chair is more commonly described as a 'scroll back'. From a private collection.

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