Object number
51/77
Collection
Description
This is a banister slat (the piece fitted in the centre of a chair back) for a Windsor chair and is made of beech. It is for a wheel back chair, so called from the wheel pattern in the centre, but has rare design incorporating fleur-de-lys supposedly in honour of the Prince of Wales (later Geroge IV). Wheel back chairs are the most common type of Windsor chair and date from the end of the eighteenth century. It was probably made by a Chiltern bodger in the beech woods near High Wycombe. (See 51/74, 51/75, 51/76)
Physical description
1 banister slat; wood (beech); good condition
Label Text
CHAIR SLAT<br>This is a banister slat (the piece fitted in the centre of a chair back) for a Windsor chair and is made of beech. It is for a wheel back chair, so called from the wheel pattern in the centre, but has rare design incorporating fleur-de-lys supposedly in honour of the Prince of Wales (later George IV).<br><br>Wheel back chairs are the most common type of Windsor chair and date from the end of the eighteenth century. This example was probably made by a Chiltern bodger in the beech woods near High Wycombe<br><br>MERL 51/77
Archival history
MERL list / description [Massingham Collection, October 1989] – 'ACC. NO.: 51/77 // NAME: CHAIR SLAT // NEG NO.: 35/9 // STORAGE: '
Production place
High Wycombe
Production date
1930-01-01 - 1939-12-31
Production period
1930s
Object name
Material
Associated subject
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\35 series negatives\Scans\35_9.tif - High resolution image
