John Sandon
Consultant
Lot 177TP
A George III cherry-wood, ash and elm comb-back Windsor side chair, Thames Valley, circa 1780
31 January 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,000 inc. premium
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A George III cherry-wood, ash and elm comb-back Windsor side chair, Thames Valley, circa 1780
The fan-shaped back with three laths and two pairs of hand-shaped spindles, supporting a flattened-arched and eared curved stay-rail, the elm saddle-seat having a flat front with shaped underside, the ring-centred elliptical turned legs with simple upper and lower raised turnings, the legs mortised through the seat and joined by an H-form stretcher also elliptically turned, 43.5cm wide x 35cm deep x 93.5cm high, (17in wide x 13 1/2in deep x 36 1/2in high)
Footnotes
Provenance:
John Bonython Collection
Sold Christie's, South Kensington, 7 July 2004, Lot 316
Exhibited:
Included in a 2003 exhibition held at Godolphin House, Cornwall [chair no. 14]
The exhibition at Godolphin House charted the development of the Windsor chair, with the emphasis on Cornish examples. A handwritten label bearing the name 'Bonython' underneath the chair's seat refers to John Bonython, who conceived the exhibition, writing the introduction and catalogue entries, with the assistance of John Scholfield and Dr. Bill Cotton. The exhibition catalogue lists this chair as probably originating from the West Country. However, the presence of back laths, particularly in cherry-wood, suggests a Thames Valley regional attribution, although the chair is slightly primitive and idiosyncratic in design compared to a typically accomplished Thames Valley produced chair.