A set of eleven fruitwood alder and elm comb back Windsor chairs and a similar armchair Thames Va

A set of eleven fruitwood alder and elm comb back Windsor chairs and a similar armchair Thames Valley late 18th/early 19th century with vase shaped splats and H-shaped stretchers restorations and some losses (12) standard chair approx. h.90cm. w.43cm. armchair h.99cm. w.59cm. Provenance by repute removed from Stratford-Upon-Avon Town Hall Literature Bill Cotton The English Regional Chair Woodbridge 1988 p. 48 fig. TV24 illustrates an armchair in fruitwood and elm that shares characteristics with the offered lot. These parallels include a shaped cresting rail splat and turned stretchers. Cotton attributes the armchair to the Thames Valley. For a comparable group see The Oak and Country Sale these rooms 15th November 2005 lot 239. W