Early 20th Century Chestnut Lambing Chair lighting height 24 cm

height 24 cm

outstretched arms

Stainless steel base with looping and curling nylon mesh tubes

Entirely fashioned from richly veined alabaster

Some objects divide a room

Early 20th Century Chestnut Lambing Chair lighting height 24 cmA quietly imposing lambing chair in solid chestnut, likely early 20th century, with all the reassuring heft and slightly stubborn character that comes with it. The form is archetypal high backed, deeply sided, almost architectural in its proportions but theres something a touch more personal in the execution. The shaping of the arms and crest rail feels gently improvised rather than strictly formal, as though its been worked out by eye rather than