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Large Welsh Comb Back Stick Chair Of "Lobster Pot" Form

Status: This item has been sold
Sold by: Havard and Havard

A Welsh comb back stick chair of substantial size, the small oak cresting rail with slightly shaped ends. The two piece, sycamore arm bow has rounded terminals above a pair of turned front spindles which are tenoned through the top of the arms. The two inch thick, single piece, beechwood seat is broadly chamfered on the underside and slightly dished on top. The four, large legs are boldly turned and joined by an H-shaped stretcher. With traces of red paint, the chair has a warm, honey colour.
 
A split in the short grain timber of the right hand arm has an historic metal repair to the underside.
 
Probably Carmarthenshire (Llandovery) or Cwm Tawe, circa 1820.
 
Similar to a comb back chair we sold last year which came from a farming family at Cynghordy, near Llandovery, this chair is inscribed in ink on the underside of the seat “This chair resided in the waiting room of DTM Jones Solicitors, 18 Market Square Llandovery until 1960.”“There were so many chairs it became a social meeti...
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Havard and Havard
Specialists in Welsh Country Furniture
Vale of Glamorgan
United Kingdom
Tel: 07711 006399
STATUS
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD