from a cottage near Leadhills, Lanarkshire
This elm chair was probably made early in the 19th century in the Leadhills area where it remained until 1961.
Wooden armchair from a country cottage near Leadhills, 1800 - 1850
The chair would have been made by a local wright and was a plain interpretation of contemporary fashionable chairs. Unlike these, however, it would probably not have been one of a set of six, eight or more.
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