The Real Wood Furniture Company

Description

An unusual turner’s side chair, in beautifully patinated ash. A heavy and solid chair with heavy turnings.Most turner’s chairs, showcasing the craft of ‘the turner’ are of triangular form with armsand some kind of top comb, whereas this chair has a simple side chair form, possibly lending the design influence for later made and simpler ‘Dales’ chairs which were made with both wooden and rush seats. English c1760.

Restoration: Part of the ash seat has been later replaced in oak, but a long time ago.

width : 51cms (20”)

height : 93cms (36.5”)

depth : 40cms (16”)

seat height:36cms (14”)

seatdepth (from bottom of spindles to front edge of seat) : 35cms (14.75”)


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.