ANTIQUE WELSH CHAIRS .
FOR BOTH THE MODERN AND TRADITIONAL HOME

The majority of stick chairs had arms, for strength as well as comfort, sometimes formed of a single piece, but more usually of a curved section which had been halved and joined, often with an additional section inserted. The arm supports at the front were normally either bent backwards for strength, or of larger size than the other uprights. The rounded sections, including legs, were usually shaped with a drawknife rather than turned. The style often thought of as the most typical had tall back spokes with either a ‘comb’ top rail or a hoop



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Welsh oak armchair of unusual design. The back with a large shaped and carved crest rail above two rows of fretted slats flanked by finely-turned uprights, and shaped arms on turned supports, over a solid seat (replaced), raised on turned front and back legs united by stretchers, circa 1700.

Ref: 16795

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Extraordinarily powerful Welsh stick chair. The panelled back is actually carved out of the solid, and is flanked by boldlyl turned supports and surrounded by a carved crest rail. The outward-shaped arms (one partly replaced) have turned supports above a massive seat, raised on four legs,

Pembrokeshire, circa 1700

Ref: 16780

 

 

 

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Elm curved settle, with shaped sides and small canopy, with unusual arms raised on turned supports and square front legs

Beautifully figured elm curved settle, with shaped sides and small canopy, with unusual arms raised on turned supports and square front legs,

Brecknockshire/Herefordshire border, circa 1780
76.5" wide, 21.5" deep, 60.5" high
194 cms wide, 55 cms deep, 154 cms high

Ref: 14127

 

 

 

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Antique Welsh oak settle, the raked back formed of three rectangular raised panels, above a section with a lid to an enclosed section fronted by a pair of panels, raised on stile feet,

Carmarthenshire, circa 1770

Ref: 16854

 

 

 

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Antique Welsh oak armchair with an unusual back panel in yew-wood bearing the carved initials and date “IW 1702”, over two plain panels, with shaped arms on turned supports above a solid seat with fitted drawer below, raised on square legs united by stretchers,
Carmarthenshire,

Ref: 16817

 

 

 

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Welsh ash comb back stick chair, the comb back sits above swept arms made from a single piece of wood, over a seat raised on four legs,

Cardiganshire, 19th century

Ref: 15717

 

 

 

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Welsh oak side chair with a shaped back splat and a shaped and carved crest rail, over a solid slat with turned front legs and stretcher

Carmarthenshire, circa 1720
38" high, 19" wide, 19" deep

Ref: 16084

 

 

 

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Welsh oak armchair of bold proportions from Carmarthenshire, with a Chippendale-type crest rail above a shaped splat and outward-curving arms on turned supports, over a bold seat raised on square legs united by stretchers, circa 1790. Embellished with carving of circa 1880.

Ref: 16805

 

 

 

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Small oak joined stool. The top raised on four elegantly turned legs united by stretchers.

Cardiganshire, circa 1770
18" wide, 11.25" deep, 22" high
46 cms wide, 28.5 cms deep, 56 cms high

Ref: 15942

 

 

 

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Antique chair, the panelled back enclosed by a shaped surround above an elm seat with shaped arms

Unusual Welsh oak chair, the panelled back enclosed by a shaped surround above an elm seat with shaped arms, over a panelled front flanked by broad supports with split-turned embellishments, carved on the reverse "T + M maker 1880" and impressed "T. Milward". This chair was acquired in Pendoylan, Vale of Glamorgan, where the Milward family had practiced their woodworking craft for generations.

A Thomas Milward appears in trade directories of 1880 as a joiner and carpenter in Llanillterne, and the name also appears in the 1881 census in Llanillterne (as a wheelwright) and Oystermouth (as a boatbuilder).

Ref: 16452


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