Object number
51/75
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. 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 woods near High Wycombe. (See 51/74, 51/76, 51/77)
Physical description
banister slats; wood (beech); good condition
Archival history
MERL list / description [Massingham Collection, October 1989] – 'ACC. NO.: 51/75 // NAME: CHAIR SLAT // NEG NO.: 35/8 // 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
