 Chair of the Month for November is a First World War stick back Windsor with elm seat and beech legs. The chair was made by Elliott and Son of High Wycombe in 1917.
The back of the seat is stamped “ELLIOT AND SONS/ A.W.F. / E.S/ 1917 / G.R.V. chairs“. It can be seen in the ‘A History of Wycombe in 10 Objects’ display at Wycombe Museum.
During World War 1, High Wycombe furniture factories diversified to make all kinds of wooden items for the military including tent pegs and wooden aircraft parts such as propellors. They also made furniture for the military, including this chair. Similar stamped chairs in Lincoln Cathedral are believed to have come from a miliary hospital Elliott’s Factory ran from 1887-1978 and had premises in Shaftsbury Street and Desborough Road.
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Further information ‘Regional Furniture Society Volume 34: Hybrid Windsors for Military Use: An Adaptation by James Eliott & Sons, High Wycombe’ by Sarah Medlam, Regional Furniture, 2020.
Chair of the Month is a partnership between Wycombe Museum and the Regional Furniture Society.
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