Pair of early elm and fruitwood windsor chairs
English (Thames Valley)
circa 1730
Price: Please enquire
A very rare pair of early Georgian windsor chairs with comb-backs and support stays in fruitwood and elm with turned H stretchers - wonderful colour and patination - one seat with an old repair - some detail differences but attributed to: John Pitt of Slough
John Pitt (1714 - 1759) is the earliest documented Windsor chair maker
He is buried at Upton Cum Chalvey
Height 36 inches (92 cms)
ref: Regional Furniture Society "John Pitt 1714 - 1759 Thames Valley Windsor Chair Maker "
Robert Parrott and Michael Harding - Hill
ref: "The English Regional Chair" Bernard Cotton
P P44 / 45 - fig TV14