This chair was made around 1865 – 1875. Although High Wycombe is best known for wooden-seated Windsor chairs, rush and cane seated chairs were also made here in large numbers and cane-seated chairs like this were typically used as bedroom furniture. Before 1900 cane seats were usually made by women and young people in the home – a cottage industry, rather than in factories. It was common for children to collect the frames and cane on their way home from school and deliver the finished seats to the furniture factory first thing next morning.
Museum number HIWLH : 1990.37
Crown-backed Side Chair with Cane Seat
