51/68

The donor thought this was the leg of a squat front chair but it is more likely to be the spindle for the back of a chair. It is made from beech and has very symmetrical turning. (See 51/64)

1 chair spindle; wood (beech); part of a squat front chair; good condition

Citation in publication [H. J. Massingham, 'Country Relics' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939)] –'Hanging up under the thatch of the Hermitage is a row of nine chair legs, spindles and stretchers, each one of different size, shape and design in the turning, but one and all made of beech-wood, fresh and clean as a new pin and the work of a single living man...Next place is held by another type, the "Squat-Front", 1 in. [inch] shorter, the most symmetrical of all in the lathe-work and with a fine piece of ball-turning supported by two waists in the centre.' (pp. 52), MERL list / description [Massingham Collection, October 1989] – 'ACC. NO.: 51/68 // NAME: CHAIR SPINDLE // NEG NO.: 35/1936 // STORAGE: '

1930-01-01 - 1939-12-31

1930s