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Superb Matched Pair of Georgian Yew & Elm Windsor Armchairs, 18th Century.
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Superb Matched Pair of Georgian Yew & Elm Windsor Armchairs, 18th Century.

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Superb Matched Pair of Late 18th Century Yew & Elm Windsor Armchairs.

Both chairs with low-back & with pierced & shaped yew splats.

Beautifully turned yew arm supports, bobbin turned legs & crinoline stretcher.

Spindles, front legs, arms, top rail all made in yew.

Figured elm shaped seats & rear legs.

One chair slightly taller than the other with legs terminating in ball feet.

Both with beautiful colour & in excellent condition with all joints firm.

Dimensions:

Chair 1:

Width 20 7/8 inches (53cm) across arms.

Height 35 1/2 inches (90cm)

Depth of Seat 15 1/2 inches (39.3cm)

Chair 2:

Width 23 1/2 inches (59.3cm) across arms.

Height 33 1/2 inches (85cm)

Depth of Seat 15 3/8 inches (39cm)

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Charnwood Antiques has dated these Georgian Yew Windsor Armchairs to the Georgian era.

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Description
Superb Matched Pair of Late 18th Century Yew & Elm Windsor Armchairs.

Both chairs with low-back & with pierced & shaped yew splats.

Beautifully turned yew arm supports, bobbin turned legs & crinoline stretcher.

fig 1. A matched pair of 18th-century Georgian yew and elm Windsor armchairs featuring curved hoop backs, pierced central splats, saddle seats, and turned legs.
fig 1. Superb Matched Pair of Georgian Yew & Elm Windsor Armchairs, 18th Century.

Spindles, front legs, arms, top rail all made in yew.

Figured elm shaped seats & rear legs.

One chair slightly taller than the other with legs terminating in ball feet.

Both with beautiful colour & in excellent condition with all joints firm.

fig 2. A matched pair of 18th-century Georgian yew and elm Windsor armchairs featuring curved hoop backs, pierced central splats, saddle seats, and turned legs.
fig 2. Superb Matched Pair of Georgian Yew & Elm Windsor Armchairs, 18th Century.

Dimensions:

Chair 1:

Width 20 7/8 inches (53cm) across arms.

Height 35 1/2 inches (90cm)

Depth of Seat 15 1/2 inches (39.3cm)

Chair 2:

Width 23 1/2 inches (59.3cm) across arms.

Height 33 1/2 inches (85cm)

Depth of Seat 15 3/8 inches (39cm)

Date of Manufacture

Charnwood Antiques has dated these Georgian Yew Windsor Armchairs to the Georgian era.

Reference Numbers
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SA1229444
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Archive I A matched pair of 18th-century Georgian yew and elm Windsor armchairs featuring curved hoop backs, pierced central splats, saddle seats, and turned legs.

Superb Matched Pair of Georgian Yew & Elm Windsor Armchairs, 18th Century.

Archive II A matched pair of 18th-century Georgian yew and elm Windsor armchairs featuring curved hoop backs, pierced central splats, saddle seats, and turned legs. View II
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A matched pair of 18th-century Georgian yew and elm Windsor armchairs featuring curved hoop backs, pierced central splats, saddle seats, and turned legs.
Superb Matched Pair of Georgian Yew & Elm Windsor Armchairs, 18th Century.
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A Georgian Windsor armchair is an English country seating form featuring a solid shaped seat into which turned legs, back spindles, and arm supports are socketed using joinery techniques developed during the 18th century.

English Windsor chairs traditionally utilised locally sourced hardwoods, combining steam-bent yewwood or ash for hoops and arm rails with elm for the solid carved saddle seats, joined using wedged mortise and tenon joints.

Authentic 18th-century examples display hand-carved details, micro-cracking around joints, natural shrinkage patterns across the seat grain, wear on lower stretchers, and pierced central back splats consistent with regional period makers.

Position a pair of timber Windsor armchairs alongside clean-lined neutral sofas, or place one as an accent chair beside a reading light to introduce warm wood tones and historical texture into contemporary spaces.

Keep timber seating away from direct heat sources and sunlight to prevent drying or splitting, dusting regularly with a soft cloth and applying beeswax polish periodically to maintain the natural patina.
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