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Elm Country Armchair with Rushed Seat
Arundel Decorative
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Elm Country Armchair with Rushed Seat

19th century
Description

A beautifully made elm ladder‑back country chair, full of the warmth and character that only honest rural furniture can offer. The chair features six shaped back slats, each with a gentle wave profile, giving it that classic West Country / North Country vernacular look. The turned front legs, swept arms, and woven rush seat add to its authenticity and tactile appeal.

The rush seat is tightly woven in the traditional pattern and sits well, offering both comfort and durability.

The elm shows attractive grain and a mellow, time‑softened colour that suits both period interiors and modern rustic schemes.

This is the sort of chair that works beautifully in a farmhouse kitchen, hallway, reading corner, or as a single accent piece.

Delivery can be arranged nationwide, please contact me for further details.

Physical Dimensions
Height
117cm (46.06")
Width
62cm (24.41")
Depth
42cm (16.54")
Declaration

Arundel Decorative has dated this Elm Ladderback Country Armchair to the 1880s.

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SA1217768
Description
A beautifully made elm ladder‑back country chair, full of the warmth and character that only honest rural furniture can offer.
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The chair features six shaped back slats, each with a gentle wave profile, giving it that classic West Country / North Country vernacular look.
Arundel Decorative

The turned front legs, swept arms, and woven rush seat add to its authenticity and tactile appeal.

fig 1. An antique elm ladderback armchair featuring six shaped horizontal slats, curved armrests, and a woven rush seat.
fig 1. Elm Country Armchair with Rushed Seat

The rush seat is tightly woven in the traditional pattern and sits well, offering both comfort and durability.

The elm shows attractive grain and a mellow, time‑softened colour that suits both period interiors and modern rustic schemes.

fig 2. An antique elm ladderback armchair featuring six shaped horizontal slats, curved armrests, and a woven rush seat.
fig 2. Elm Country Armchair with Rushed Seat

This is the sort of chair that works beautifully in a farmhouse kitchen, hallway, reading corner, or as a single accent piece.

Delivery can be arranged nationwide, please contact me for further details.

Height
117cm (46.06")
Width
62cm (24.41")
Depth
42cm (16.54")
Date of Manufacture

Arundel Decorative has dated this Elm Ladderback Country Armchair to the 1880s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1217768
Arundel Decorative
Arundel Decorative
Sellingantiques verified Since Jan 2026

Decorative french and period english furniture

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Rear of 18 High Street
Arundel
West Sussex
BN18 9AB
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An antique elm ladderback armchair featuring six shaped horizontal slats, curved armrests, and a woven rush seat.
Elm Country Armchair with Rushed Seat
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An antique elm ladderback armchair featuring six shaped horizontal slats, curved armrests, and a woven rush seat.
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Ladderback chairs emerged in Britain during the seventeenth century as functional regional seating, characterized by horizontal wooden slats resembling ladder rungs set between tall rear uprights. They became staple furniture pieces across rural homes through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

These regional chairs were commonly constructed using native British hardwoods such as elm, ash, and oak. Seats were traditionally hand-woven using natural freshwater rush reeds stretched across wooden frame rails.

Authentic period pieces exhibit uneven wear on foot stretchers, hand-turned components with minor variations, mortise and tenon joinery, and natural shrinkage or patination across the timber surfaces.

A single ladderback armchair serves as a textured accent piece beside a fireplace, in a hallway corner, or placed at the head of an eclectic dining table to introduce warm wood tones into modern spaces.

Keep the timber clean using clear beeswax paste applied along the grain, avoiding silicone polishes. Maintain the rush seat by gently vacuuming dust and lightly misting with clean water occasionally to preserve reed flexibility.
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