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Antique Yorkshire Armchair, English, Elm, Country House, Elbow Seat, Victorian
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Antique Yorkshire Armchair, English, Elm, Country House, Elbow Seat, Victorian

19th century
Description

This is an antique Yorkshire armchair. An English, elm and ash country house elbow seat, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1870.

Stunning Yorkshire style chair with Country House appeal

Displays a desirable aged patina and in good order

Select elm and ash stocks present fine grain interest

Graced with warm caramel hues throughout

Fascinating hoop back rest, with turned lathe form

Distinctive, two piece pierced fretwork back splat

Broad horse shoe arm rest terminates in out turned knuckles

Arm supported upon collar and bobbin turned oblique supports

Shaped saddle squab with generous space between the arms

Standing upon a quartet of turned legs with a circular toe

United front to rear with a double H stretcher

This is a superb antique Yorkshire armchair, with a distinctive appearance and appealing colour. A treat for the conservatory or fireside. Solid joints and construction, delivered ready for the home.

Dimensions:

Max Width: 68cm (26.75'')

Max Depth: 64cm (25.25'')

Max Height: 108.5cm (42.75'')

Seat Width: 41cm (16.25'')

Seat Depth: 39.5cm (15.5'')

Seat Height: 42cm (16.5'')

Physical Dimensions
Height
108.5cm (42.72")
Width
68cm (26.77")
Depth
64cm (25.20")
Declaration

London Fine Antiques has dated this Antique Elm Windsor Armchair to the Victorian era.

Reference Numbers
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SA1130889
Dealers Internal Reference
25255
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Description
This is an antique Yorkshire armchair. An English, elm and ash country house elbow seat, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1870.

Stunning Yorkshire style chair with Country House appeal

Displays a desirable aged patina and in good order

fig 1. An antique Victorian Windsor armchair made of warm brown wood featuring a curved hoop back with spindles, a central pierced splat, shaped armrests, turned legs, and H-stretchers.
fig 1. Antique Yorkshire Armchair, English, Elm, Country House, Elbow Seat, Victorian

Select elm and ash stocks present fine grain interest

Graced with warm caramel hues throughout

Fascinating hoop back rest, with turned lathe form

Distinctive, two piece pierced fretwork back splat

Broad horse shoe arm rest terminates in out turned knuckles

fig 2. An antique Victorian Windsor armchair made of warm brown wood featuring a curved hoop back with spindles, a central pierced splat, shaped armrests, turned legs, and H-stretchers.
fig 2. Antique Yorkshire Armchair, English, Elm, Country House, Elbow Seat, Victorian

Arm supported upon collar and bobbin turned oblique supports

Shaped saddle squab with generous space between the arms

Standing upon a quartet of turned legs with a circular toe

United front to rear with a double H stretcher

fig 3. An antique Victorian Windsor armchair made of warm brown wood featuring a curved hoop back with spindles, a central pierced splat, shaped armrests, turned legs, and H-stretchers.
fig 3. Antique Yorkshire Armchair, English, Elm, Country House, Elbow Seat, Victorian

This is a superb antique Yorkshire armchair, with a distinctive appearance and appealing colour. A treat for the conservatory or fireside. Solid joints and construction, delivered ready for the home.

Dimensions:

Max Width: 68cm (26.75'')

Max Depth: 64cm (25.25'')

Max Height: 108.5cm (42.75'')

Seat Width: 41cm (16.25'')

Seat Depth: 39.5cm (15.5'')

Seat Height: 42cm (16.5'')

Height
108.5cm (42.72")
Width
68cm (26.77")
Depth
64cm (25.20")
Date of Manufacture

London Fine Antiques has dated this Antique Elm Windsor Armchair to the Victorian era.

Reference Numbers
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SA1130889
Dealers Internal Ref
25255
London Fine Antiques
London Fine Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Oct 2010

Fine antiques curated in england and sold worldwide

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Archive I An antique Victorian Windsor armchair made of warm brown wood featuring a curved hoop back with spindles, a central pierced splat, shaped armrests, turned legs, and H-stretchers.

Antique Yorkshire Armchair, English, Elm, Country House, Elbow Seat, Victorian

Archive II An antique Victorian Windsor armchair made of warm brown wood featuring a curved hoop back with spindles, a central pierced splat, shaped armrests, turned legs, and H-stretchers. View II
Archive III An antique Victorian Windsor armchair made of warm brown wood featuring a curved hoop back with spindles, a central pierced splat, shaped armrests, turned legs, and H-stretchers. View III
Archive IV An antique Victorian Windsor armchair made of warm brown wood featuring a curved hoop back with spindles, a central pierced splat, shaped armrests, turned legs, and H-stretchers. View IV
Archive V An antique Victorian Windsor armchair made of warm brown wood featuring a curved hoop back with spindles, a central pierced splat, shaped armrests, turned legs, and H-stretchers. View V
Archive VI An antique Victorian Windsor armchair made of warm brown wood featuring a curved hoop back with spindles, a central pierced splat, shaped armrests, turned legs, and H-stretchers. View VI
Archive VII An antique Victorian Windsor armchair made of warm brown wood featuring a curved hoop back with spindles, a central pierced splat, shaped armrests, turned legs, and H-stretchers. View VII
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An antique Victorian Windsor armchair made of warm brown wood featuring a curved hoop back with spindles, a central pierced splat, shaped armrests, turned legs, and H-stretchers.
Antique Yorkshire Armchair, English, Elm, Country House, Elbow Seat, Victorian
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An antique Victorian Windsor armchair made of warm brown wood featuring a curved hoop back with spindles, a central pierced splat, shaped armrests, turned legs, and H-stretchers.
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A Yorkshire Windsor armchair is a regional variant of British country seating, characterised by its hoop-back frame, pierced splat, turned spindles, and solid wooden seat. Originating in the 18th and 19th centuries, these chairs were crafted by regional woodturners using locally sourced hardwoods.

Windsor chairs traditionally feature a shaped seat cut from a solid slab of elm due to its resistance to splitting, paired with steam-bent ash or yew wood for the hoop back, and turned oak or beech for the legs and arm supports.

Authentic 19th-century examples display wedge-tenon joinery visible through the seat, subtle asymmetrical wear from manual hand-tooling, natural timber shrinkage around joints, and aged patina in untouched recesses.

A country Windsor chair works as a standalone accent piece in an entryway, placed at the head of a dining table, or paired with a reading lamp in a study to provide textural contrast against modern finishes.

Maintain antique wooden seating by keeping it away from direct heat sources and applying high-grade beeswax polish twice a year along the wood grain. Dust regularly with a clean, dry microfibre cloth and avoid chemical spray cleaners.
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