A George III yew, fruit-wood and elm high-back Windsor armchair, Thames Valley, circa 1790
In the manner of William Webb [fl.1792-1808]The hooped back supporting four tapering long spindles either side of a central 'Chippendale-style' fretted splat, the gently outsplayed armrest on spindle and front crook-shaped supports, the bell-shaped saddle-seat with scribed edge, raised on cabriole front legs and turned back legs with lower baluster-turning, joined by a crinoline stretcher, 58cm wide x 57cm deep x 107cm high, (22 1/2in wide x 22in deep x 42in high)
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An extremely similar Windsor chair, bearing the trade label of William Webb to the underside of the seat, is illustrated in Thomas Crispin, The English Windsor Chair (1992), p. 14 & 23. See also Bernard D. Cotton, The English Regional Chair (1990), p. 46, fig. TV18.