A George II elm and yew 'comb' back Windsor armchair, mid-18th century, from the Thames Valley region, the scroll carved centred by a shell motif, above a vase shaped splat and turned supports, the solid 'saddle' seat flanked by 'horseshoe' shaped arms, on tapering cabriole legs terminating in pad feet at the front, joined by an H-shaped stretcher, 100cm high, 68cm wide, 47cm deep Provenance: Private Collection, Richmond, Surrey For closely related designs of chair of the period made in the Thames Valley see Bernard D. Cotton, The English Regional Chair, The Antique Collectors Club, 1990, page 45, figures TV14, TV15 & TV16.