Lot 1108

A 19TH CENTURY YEW AND ELM WINDSOR CHAIR (2)

On club supports, 59cm wide; 107cm high; Together with another similar, 63cm wide; 109cm high

Estimate: £150 - £250
Hammer price: £1,100
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Condition report: 

Both with inevitable scuffs, scrathes, dents, small chips and marks commensurate with wear, use and age.

Both with old worm holes in areas, and old repairs in areas.

The chair on the right side: 

Various old spliced repairs to the club feet, back and front. 

Splat a little loose at the top with shrinkage and further slight shrinkage splits in other areas, including a break at the base of the bent upright supporting the arm, with an small crack in the seat extending outwards.

An old nail coming though the leg joint at the top, visible at the back. See images. 

The seat 42.5cm deep 

The left side chair: 

The seat  43cm deep.

Various old repairs in areas, including to the top of the seat rail where the splats joins. 

Shrinkage splits to the crinoline back, requiring repair.

Raised leg joint at the front corner with related loss and old worm. See images. 


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