602/2005
Collection
English Regional Chairs
Brief description
Windsor side chair with four plain spindles and two decoratively turned outer spindles. The chair is stamped with 'Gibbons' on the rear edge of the seat, referring to C & I.A. Gibbons who were active in High Wycombe 1880-1900.
Object name
Windsor side chair
Object number
602/2005
Location
On Display
Production person
Gibbons, C
Production date
c.1880
Production place
High Wycombe
Physical description
Description (brief): Roman (spindle back?) Windsor side chair with 2 outer decoratively turned spindles & four plain spindles in the back below a swept top rail. Heavy three ring turned legs with lower ring & straight turned feet. Legs connected by H-form elliptical turned stretchers.
legs elliptically turned with an upper & lower heavy 3 ring turning, type E (fig TV31)
Chair back: decoratively turned back uprights with curved shaped top rail which extends beyond back uprights; 4 elliptical turned plain spindles connect seat to top rail
Splat type: -
Front legs: heavy 3 ring turned legs with lower ring, type E (fig TV31)
Back legs: heavy 3 ring turned legs with lower ring, type E (fig TV31)
Feet: straight turned feet continuous with leg
Stretcher detail: H-form elliptical turned stretchers, type B (fig TV36)
Front stretcher: -
Back stretcher: -
Arm: -
Underarm supports: -
Seat: legs morticed into seat
legs elliptically turned with an upper & lower heavy 3 ring turning, type E (fig TV31)
Chair back: decoratively turned back uprights with curved shaped top rail which extends beyond back uprights; 4 elliptical turned plain spindles connect seat to top rail
Splat type: -
Front legs: heavy 3 ring turned legs with lower ring, type E (fig TV31)
Back legs: heavy 3 ring turned legs with lower ring, type E (fig TV31)
Feet: straight turned feet continuous with leg
Stretcher detail: H-form elliptical turned stretchers, type B (fig TV36)
Front stretcher: -
Back stretcher: -
Arm: -
Underarm supports: -
Seat: legs morticed into seat
Label
Label text for the exhibition The English Regional Chair, Geffrye Museum (15 February 2005–7 June 2005):
Windsor side chair
Beech with elm seat, stamped GIBBONS on rear edge of seat.
Refers to C. Gibbons, fl.1880–1900, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
This is an example of a High Wycombe chair from the late-19th century, when the town was producing around 5,000 Windsor chairs per day. These popular everyday chairs were distributed across the UK and abroad. The making of Windsor chairs was increasingly mechanised during the 20th century. The range of different types of Windsor was impressive, from simple ‘kitchen’ chairs to elaborate high-backed rockers.
Cotton Collection (tv103).
Windsor chairs stacked on a cart outside the High Wycombe firm of C. Gibbons, late-19th century. (Wycombe Museum).
Windsor side chair
Beech with elm seat, stamped GIBBONS on rear edge of seat.
Refers to C. Gibbons, fl.1880–1900, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
This is an example of a High Wycombe chair from the late-19th century, when the town was producing around 5,000 Windsor chairs per day. These popular everyday chairs were distributed across the UK and abroad. The making of Windsor chairs was increasingly mechanised during the 20th century. The range of different types of Windsor was impressive, from simple ‘kitchen’ chairs to elaborate high-backed rockers.
Cotton Collection (tv103).
Windsor chairs stacked on a cart outside the High Wycombe firm of C. Gibbons, late-19th century. (Wycombe Museum).
Rights note
copyright of photo: B D Cotton
copyright of photo: ERC p89
copyright of photo: ERC p89
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© Cotton, Dr Bernard D.
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© Cotton, Dr Bernard D.
