A matched pair of Windsor armchairs, Oxford, mid 19th century

细节

A matched pair of Windsor armchairs, Oxford, mid 19th century
one in elm, the other beechwood and elm, each with curved bar top-rail and tablet centred turned splat, outswept arms with ring-turned supports, solid seat and turned legs joined by stretchers, one stretcher replaced, one chair stamped Wm W
See Illustration (2)

拍场告示

Please note that the pair of chairs on the right hand side of page 48 illustrated as 725 are in fact lot 726

拍品专文

The stamp of Wm W impressed on the rear edge of the seat of one of these chairs is probably the stamp of William Wardell who worked as a Windsor chair maker at 101, Summertown, Oxford (fl.1834-54). It is likely that William Wardell trained Stephen Hazell and Thomas Slater in the craft of chairmaking, both of whom went on to become independant Windsor chairmakers in Oxford.

For a fuller discussion of this Oxford chairmaking tradition see Dr B Cotton The English Regional Chair, Woodbridge, 1991, pp.90-94. The stamp of Wm W is illustrated as fig. TV210 and a chair so stamped is illustrated as fig. TV209, both on p.91.