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A WONDERFUL LATE 18TH CENTURY ASH DUG-OUT ARMCHAIR. CIRCA 1760.

A WONDERFUL LATE 18TH CENTURY ASH DUG-OUT ARMCHAIR. CIRCA 1760.

THIS BEAUTIFUL CHAIR WAS DISCOVERED OVER THIRTY YEARS AGO IN A FARM HOUSE ON THE SHROPSHIRE/WELSH BORDERS AND HAS BEEN KEPT IN THE SAME COLLECTION EVER SINCE THEN.
IT HAS A VERY SCULPTURAL PRESENSE, HEWN FROM THE TRUNK OF AN ASH TREE, THE SEAT WAS GENERALLY MADE FROM A SEPERATE PLANK OR PLANKS AND INSERTED INTO THE TRUNK. THE RICH PATINATED ASH PEEPS THROUGH ON THE MORE HANDLED AREAS OF THE CHAIR.
A WONDERFUL GENUINE ENGLISH/WELSH ASH DUG-OUT CHAIR FROM THE LATE 18TH CENTURY.

FOR SIMILAR EXAMPLES SEE VICTOR CHINNERY PAGES 72,73 AND 74.

PROVENCE- FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN CORNWALL.

42" HIGH X 24" WIDE X 25" DEEP.

STOCK NO 1558.