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ANTIQUE #SA1062649

Antique 19th Century St Pauls Cathedral London Chapel Chair Elm With Rush Seat 2

£380    $514    €448
A 19th Century Victorian Elm Chapel Chair made in Elm Wood with original Rush seat.
 
A piece of social history
 
Rush-seated Chair made for St Paul’s Cathedral, London
 
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, women began to make rush seats, and from around 1880 onwards, most matters were women.
 
An example of this chair can be seen in the Hidden Hands exhibition at Wycombe Museum. There is a lot more information about chair matting and other Chilterns crafts done by women in the exhibition.
 
Original rush woven seat
 
Height 80cm
 
Sturdy condition
 
I am selling 2 of these chairs in separate listings
 
Please contact me for shipping costs
 
This is Seat number 2
 
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1062649
Dateline of this antique is 1870
Height is 80cm (31.5inches)
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Antique ID: SA1062649
Item: Antique 19th Century St Pauls Cathedral London Chapel Chair Elm With Rush Seat 2 - (reference SA1062649)
Buying direct from seller: Nicholas Tempest
£380



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Antique SA1062649 shown on this page was made in 1870. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
1870
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Nicholas Tempest
Nik Tempest is UK based shop specialising in fine Antique Silver as well as Asian art, Luxury Interiors and Objects of Vertu.
Gloucestershire
United Kingdom
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