18th Century Child's Elbow Chair with Original Blue-Green Paint

A provincial George III fruitwood and elm child's elbow chair,…
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A provincial George III fruitwood and elm child's elbow chair, second half 18th century, the bent elm bow back raised on slender turned supports descending to an open arm (the other arm lacking) above the solid fruitwood seat raised on splayed turned supports, retaining the remains of the original blue-green paint, 43 cm high, 43 cm wide, 35 cm deep

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  • Elbow Chair - Another name given to a dining chair with arms, more commonly called a carver chair.
  • George Iii - George III (1738 - 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820.
  • Turning - Any part of a piece of furniture that has been turned and shaped with chisels on a lathe. Turned sections include legs, columns, feet, finials, pedestals, stretchers, spindles etc. There have been many varieties and fashions over the centuries: baluster, melon, barley-sugar, bobbin, cotton-reel, rope-twist, and so on. Split turning implies a turned section that has been cut in half lengthwise and applied to a cabinet front as a false decorative support.
  • Fruitwood - A catch-all term used to describe the wood of any of several fruit-bearing trees, such as the apple, cherry, or pear, used especially in cabinetmaking.

    With a blond colour when finished, fruitwood was used in Europe, especially France, in the 18th and 19th centuries for larger items of furniture such as tables, chairs, cabinets and bookcases but in England its use was generally restricted to decorative elements such as inlays.

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