Large Welsh Comb Back Stick Chair of "Lobster Pot" Form
A Welsh comb back stick chair of substantial size, the small oak cresting rail with slightly shaped ends. The two piece, sycamore arm bow has rounded terminals above a pair of turned front spindles which are tenoned through the top of the arms. The two inch thick, single piece, beechwood seat is broadly chamfered on the underside and slightly dished on top. The four, large legs are boldly turned and joined by an H-shaped stretcher. With traces of red paint, the chair has a warm, honey colour.
A split in the short grain timber of the right hand arm has an historic metal repair to the underside.
Probably Carmarthenshire (Llandovery) or Cwm Tawe, circa 1820.
Similar to a comb back chair we sold last year which came from a farming family at Cynghordy, near Llandovery, this chair is inscribed in ink on the underside of the seat “This chair resided in the waiting room of DTM Jones Solicitors, 18 Market Square Llandovery until 1960.”“There were so many chairs it became a social meeting place”.
Dimensions:
112 cms high, 65 cms wide at the arms, 57 cms deep, the seat is 47 cms high maximum.
A Welsh comb back stick chair of substantial size, the small oak cresting rail with slightly shaped ends. The two piece, sycamore arm bow has rounded terminals above a pair of turned front spindles which are tenoned through the top of the arms. The two inch thick, single piece, beechwood seat is broadly chamfered on the underside and slightly dished on top. The four, large legs are boldly turned and joined by an H-shaped stretcher. With traces of red paint, the chair has a warm, honey colour.
A split in the short grain timber of the right hand arm has an historic metal repair to the underside.
Probably Carmarthenshire (Llandovery) or Cwm Tawe, circa 1820.
Similar to a comb back chair we sold last year which came from a farming family at Cynghordy, near Llandovery, this chair is inscribed in ink on the underside of the seat “This chair resided in the waiting room of DTM Jones Solicitors, 18 Market Square Llandovery until 1960.”“There were so many chairs it became a social meeting place”.
Dimensions:
112 cms high, 65 cms wide at the arms, 57 cms deep, the seat is 47 cms high maximum.
A Welsh comb back stick chair of substantial size, the small oak cresting rail with slightly shaped ends. The two piece, sycamore arm bow has rounded terminals above a pair of turned front spindles which are tenoned through the top of the arms. The two inch thick, single piece, beechwood seat is broadly chamfered on the underside and slightly dished on top. The four, large legs are boldly turned and joined by an H-shaped stretcher. With traces of red paint, the chair has a warm, honey colour.
A split in the short grain timber of the right hand arm has an historic metal repair to the underside.
Probably Carmarthenshire (Llandovery) or Cwm Tawe, circa 1820.
Similar to a comb back chair we sold last year which came from a farming family at Cynghordy, near Llandovery, this chair is inscribed in ink on the underside of the seat “This chair resided in the waiting room of DTM Jones Solicitors, 18 Market Square Llandovery until 1960.”“There were so many chairs it became a social meeting place”.
Dimensions:
112 cms high, 65 cms wide at the arms, 57 cms deep, the seat is 47 cms high maximum.