拍品 734
734
A set of six ash ladderback chairs, Lancashire, early 19th century

细节
A set of six ash ladderback chairs, Lancashire, early 19th century
each with arched perched top-rail and arched horizontal splats, straw seat and turned legs joined by multiple stretchers, restorations
See Illustration (6)

拍品专文

This model of chair has been attributed to the Billinge area of Lancashire. Distinctive features of this group are the arch to the top-rail of the back and the down pointing tip to this bar and the other splats. Quite heavy, chunky legs are also typical and a concave sided seat-edge, although here this is not present because the seats have been renewed.

See Dr B Cotton The English Regional Chair, Woodbridge, 1991, p.387, fig.NW240 for a very similar model of chair and pp.386-389 for a fuller discussion of the Billinge tradition.