The Real Wood Furniture Company

Description

A pair of early 20th century American ‘square back’ Windsor side chairs in poplar and birch with interesting association and stamped plate inscription attributing ownership to ‘The Liberty National Bank & Trust Company’, probably relating to the period after 1920 when the ‘New York Trust Company’ merged with ‘Liberty National Bank of New York’. Further indented stamps beneath the seat suggest an association with ‘6th Avenue’ (aka ‘The Avenue of Americas’) in the commercial quarter of Manhattan. This particular ‘square back’ design with double horizontal top rail first appeared in the American Windsor chair making tradition in the early 1800s.


The Real Wood Furniture(Chris Baylis) has large showrooms in the Cotswolds, specialising in English Windsor chairs, but also stocking an eclectic mix of decorative and fine furniture, objects, garden pieces etc.
Open by appointment.