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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY ( CIRCA 1800 ) COMB-BACK WINDSOR CHAIR IN BEECH SYCAMORE AND WALNUT
THAMES VALLEY WINDSOR CHAIRS OF THIS DISTINCTIVE FORM WITH THE UNUSUAL FEATURE OF A CIRCULAR SEAT ARE SOMETIMES KNOWN AS ‘ GOLDSMITH CHAIRS ‘ AFTER THE EXAMPLE IN THE V&A MUSEUM WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED BY THE AUTHOR OLIVER GOLDSMITH ( ACESSION NO. 538-1872 )
THE CHAIR IS ALSO ILLUSTRATED IN B. COTTON’S ‘ THE ENGLISH REGIONAL CHAIR ‘ ( 1990 FIG. TV9 ) AND M. HARDING HILL’S BOOK ‘ WINDSOR CHAIRS ‘ ( 2003 PAGE 20 )