268/2005

Collection

English Regional Chairs

Brief description

Best high back smoker Windsor armchair with ash hoop, top spindles, legs and stretchers; alder arm segments, lower spindles, arm supports and splats, and an elm seat. This chair bears the maker's stamp of S. Shaw, a chairmaker active in Leeds between 1879 and 1887.

Object name

armchair

Object number

268/2005

Production person

Shaw, Scaife (maker)

Production date

1879-1887

Production place

Leeds (made)
NE-Y (ERC) (made)

Physical description

'Best high back smoker' Windsor arm chair with 2 pierced central splats & an arm bow composed of 3 sawn sections; all legs have replaced, stylistically inaccurate, foot turnings.
back bow tapers into sawn arm; splat in 2 parts
Chair back: high back single bow which tapers & mortices into sawn arm; 4 long tapered spindles either side of central pierced splat; spindles connect back bow & sawn arm
Splat type: central pierced splat in 2 parts with pierced fir tree motifs
Front legs: heavy decoratively turned legs with pronounced lower ring & pear shaped feet
Back legs: heavy decoratively turned legs with pronounced lower ring & pear shaped feet
Feet: pear shaped feet
Stretcher detail: H-form elliptical stretchers with elliptical side stretchers & 2 turned cross stretchers with central ball motif
Front stretcher: -
Back stretcher: -
Arm: arm composed of 4 sawn sections; scroll shaped arm ends
Underarm supports: heavy decorated turned underarm support & 2 decoratively turned short spindles which are of a design specific to this maker
Seat: legs morticed into seat