A pair of George III yew-wood high-back Windsor armchairs, Thames Valley, circa 1780
A pair of George III yew-wood high-back Windsor armchairs, Thames Valley, circa 1780
Each having a hooped back with four long spindles either side of a central splat, the single-piece splat fretted and carved with scrolls, simple leaves, rosette-flowerheads and anthemion, the outsplayed arm bow on crook-shaped front supports, the bell-shaped 'mahogany' seat raised on cabriole front legs with pad feet, the rear legs with low baluster-turning, and joined by a crinoline stretcher, 66cm wide x 49cm deep x 107cm high, (25 1/2in wide x 19in deep x 42in high) (2)
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A pair of George III yew-wood high-back Windsor armchairs, Thames Valley, circa 1780
Each having a hooped back with four long spindles either side of a central splat, the single-piece splat fretted and carved with scrolls, simple leaves, rosette-flowerheads and anthemion, the outsplayed arm bow on crook-shaped front supports, the bell-shaped 'mahogany' seat raised on cabriole front legs with pad feet, the rear legs with low baluster-turning, and joined by a crinoline stretcher, 66cm wide x 49cm deep x 107cm high, (25 1/2in wide x 19in deep x 42in high) (2)