CHAIRS — turned leg, 1800-1840
The turned leg chairs of the 1800-1840 period derive from late Sheraton and other, usually classical, design influences of the period. Whereas the overall shape is clearly recognisable, an infinite variety of decorative
designs were used and it is again very difficult to range the quality of the enormous output.
A fine quality example with reeded arms and back. The top rail is also reeded and the legs reasonably restrained as far as the turning goes. 1810
Another restrained chair of simple, quite elegant design. c. 1825 Set of six
This chair shows how the legs can become over-turned to the point of weakness. The violently striped covering is not, of course, contempory. 1835
An elegant later chair with fine quality work in the back and the expected reeded legs of William IV origin. c. 1835
Almost the classic dealer’s mahogany dining chair of the late Georgian-Regency period. The arms now reach out to curve straight down into the front legs. The back centre rail is twist-turned and there is an inlaid brass stringing line in the top back rail.
A humbler example, where the legs are still elegant but the top rail of the back is wider and starting to grow into the heavier broad rail of the later part of the period. c. 1820
The broad top rail has started to be embellished by the Victorians, who were busy deciding to throw off such restraint as the severe straight tops of the previous examples, thus leading to 189. c. 1840
This chair shows how events can take an unpleasant turn, with front legs becoming bulbous and unnecessary cross-stretchers appearing. c. 1835
The rule for giving an approximate value for a set is to increase the single price as follows:
Here the top rail has broken out into a rebellion of a decidedly dashing nature. c. 1830-40
This design ran concurrently with the early balloon back and fits in well with cabrioles.  c. 1850    Set of six.

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