captain's - chairs, singles/pairs
Captain's chair. A cottage chair, or Windsor chair, with a rounded back supported by plain or baluster turned spindles, providing an arm rest. The seat may be either caned or, more frequently, a saddled wooden seat. The term is applied to a variety of similar low-backed chairs made throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. Other names include a 'pub chair', 'smoker's chair', and so on. A great many office chairs are of much the same design.
9 item(s) found:
Captain chairs pair of late 19th century (possibly) elm wood smokers, bowshape
An oak and iron Captain's chair, marked for Empreza Nacional Lisboa
Captains chair, smokers bow, elm and beech
Victorian mahogany swivelling captain's chair
English Oak captain's chair with a newly caned seat
