51/70

This is a stump from a smoker bow, a type of Windsor chair, and is made of beech. It is an armchair with a low back and sturdy legs. A stump is a spindle which supports the arms of a smoker chair. (See 51/63, 51/72)

1 spindle- stump; wood (beech); 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...Then comes the "Smoker Stump", bulbous and ornate like the other "Smoker" specimen.' (pp.52), MERL list / description [Massingham Collection, October 1989] – 'ACC. NO.: 51/70 // NAME: CHAIR SPINDLE // NEG NO.: 35/1935 // STORAGE: '

1930-01-01 - 1939-12-31

1930s