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Lot 99TP

A George III yew, fruit-wood and elm high-back Windsor armchair, Thames Valley, circa 1790
In the manner of William Webb [fl.1792-1808]

31 January 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £1,250 inc. premium

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A George III yew, fruit-wood and elm high-back Windsor armchair, Thames Valley, circa 1790

In the manner of William Webb [fl.1792-1808]
The hooped back supporting four tapering long spindles either side of a central 'Chippendale-style' fretted splat, the gently outsplayed armrest on spindle and front crook-shaped supports, the bell-shaped saddle-seat with scribed edge, raised on cabriole front legs and turned back legs with lower baluster-turning, joined by a crinoline stretcher, 58cm wide x 57cm deep x 107cm high, (22 1/2in wide x 22in deep x 42in high)

Footnotes

An extremely similar Windsor chair, bearing the trade label of William Webb to the underside of the seat, is illustrated in Thomas Crispin, The English Windsor Chair (1992), p. 14 & 23. See also Bernard D. Cotton, The English Regional Chair (1990), p. 46, fig. TV18.

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