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18th Century Thames Valley Arm Chair
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18th Century Thames Valley Arm Chair

18th century
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18th century yewwood,ash and elm Thames Valley comb -back , the shaped scrolling top rail above pierced heart splat.

110cm high

59cm wide

47cm deep

Seat height 45cm

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Oliveri Antiques Ltd has dated this Thames Valley Windsor Chair to the 18th Century.

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Description
18th century yewwood,ash and elm Thames Valley comb -back , the shaped scrolling top rail above pierced heart splat.

110cm high

59cm wide

47cm deep

Seat height 45cm

Date of Manufacture

Oliveri Antiques Ltd has dated this Thames Valley Windsor Chair to the 18th Century.

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An 18th-century Thames Valley Windsor armchair featuring a high comb back with spindles, a pierced heart splat, a contoured saddle seat, and cabriole front legs.
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Archive I An 18th-century Thames Valley Windsor armchair featuring a high comb back with spindles, a pierced heart splat, a contoured saddle seat, and cabriole front legs.

18th Century Thames Valley Arm Chair

Archive II An 18th-century Thames Valley Windsor armchair featuring a high comb back with spindles, a pierced heart splat, a contoured saddle seat, and cabriole front legs. View II
Archive III An 18th-century Thames Valley Windsor armchair featuring a high comb back with spindles, a pierced heart splat, a contoured saddle seat, and cabriole front legs. View III
Archive IV An 18th-century Thames Valley Windsor armchair featuring a high comb back with spindles, a pierced heart splat, a contoured saddle seat, and cabriole front legs. View IV
Archive V An 18th-century Thames Valley Windsor armchair featuring a high comb back with spindles, a pierced heart splat, a contoured saddle seat, and cabriole front legs. View V
Archive VI An 18th-century Thames Valley Windsor armchair featuring a high comb back with spindles, a pierced heart splat, a contoured saddle seat, and cabriole front legs. View VI
Archive VII An 18th-century Thames Valley Windsor armchair featuring a high comb back with spindles, a pierced heart splat, a contoured saddle seat, and cabriole front legs. View VII
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An 18th-century Thames Valley Windsor armchair featuring a high comb back with spindles, a pierced heart splat, a contoured saddle seat, and cabriole front legs.
18th century Thames Valley arm chair
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An 18th-century Thames Valley Windsor armchair featuring a high comb back with spindles, a pierced heart splat, a contoured saddle seat, and cabriole front legs.
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  • ObjectArmchairs
  • Period18th century
  • StyleGeorgian
  • MaterialElm, Yew, Ash
  • ColourWarm Brown
  • MotifsPierced heart splat, Cabriole front legs, Comb back spindles, Saddle seat

Originating in the Thames Valley region during the 18th century, these chairs are distinct variants of the classic Windsor design, often featuring cabriole front legs, comb backs, and decorative pierced splats with distinctive cutouts.

Regional English craftsmen typically utilised locally sourced timbers such as elm for the shaped saddle seat, ash or yew for steam-bent components and spindles, and turned wood for legs, joined using mortise-and-tenon construction socketed directly into the seat.

Key indicators include hand-carved details, irregular tool marks, natural surface patination from centuries of wear, micro-shrinkage around joints resulting in slightly oval tenons, and characteristic leg profiles specific to regional workshops.

A single regional armchair functions effectively as a statement piece in an entrance hall, positioned alongside a desk, or placed in a living space to introduce organic timber tones and historic texture.

Dust regularly with a dry cloth and apply a high-quality beeswax polish annually to protect the timber and retain the patinated surface, maintaining stable humidity levels to prevent timber shrinkage.
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