bar back - chairs - sets
Bar back chairs. Also known as rail back, Regency, Trafalgar and spade back chairs. A chair in which a straight or slightly curved top rail extends horizontally between or across the rear uprights. The design is attributed to Sheraton. In the early versions the top rail was often supported by vertical splats, sometimes plain or reeded, sometimes carved with various motifs. The legs were either square or more generally tapered, sometimes reeded. The simple, square form of the late 18th century chairs evolved into the more rounded shape common through much of the 19th century, sometimes known as spade back chairs, many of which were made in Australia from red cedar. The top rail is curved, extending beyond the uprights, and generally shaped and rounded at the ends. The construction is strengthened by a horizontal curved splat and the legs are almost always turned. The heavier the turning, the later the chair.
6 item(s) found:
A set of six early Victorian cedar dining chairs, each having a reeded spade back and horizontal splat above a fitted seat and turned faceted legs.
Six Colonial cedar Trafalgar dining chairs on facetted legs (1 chair Damaged) - bow fronted
A set of six Regency Casuarina inlaid mahogany dining chairs English, 85 x 50 cm. Presumably the Casuarina was imported to England from Australia and used as inlay.
A set of six Australian cedar dining chairs, the spade back with plain arch back rail and drop-in padded seat with tapering tulip front legs
Set of six cedar 'Trafalgar' chairs with timber seats and turned front legs
Set of three colonial cedar, 'Trafalgar' back dining chairs with facetted legs and with bow front, lift out seats