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ANTIQUE #SA1062647

Antique 19th Century St Pauls Cathedral London Chapel Chair Beech With Rush Seat 1

£380    $514    €448
An English, Victorian St. Pauls Cathedral Royal Chapel Chair circa 1870
 
Windsor style ladder back Royal Chapel chair in beech with rush seat on turned legs united by twin turned stretchers.
 
The chair has a curved top back splat upon which ''St. Paul''s'' is carved. This example made in the workshops in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
 
This piece dates to the 1870''s and was sold through the Cathedral to raise funds for restoration.
 
A similar example can be found in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
 
They were originally sold by St. Paul''s Cathedral, City of London, in 1974 to raise funds for restoration of the Cathedral.
 
A piece of social history
 
It was made in High Wycombe, probably at Walter Skull’s factory in the 1870s.
 
The workers who made the rush seats were known as ‘matters’. Before the 1880s, when local women could still find work as lace makers, most chair seat matters were men. As the hand-made lace industry declined, wome...
Antique ID: SA1062647
Item: Antique 19th Century St Pauls Cathedral London Chapel Chair Beech With Rush Seat 1 - (reference SA1062647)
Buying direct from seller: Nicholas Tempest
£380



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