Description

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CHILD LAMBING CHAIR
England
Circa 1800 –1850

This lambing chair is an example of regional vernacular furniture prevalent in the Lancashire and Yorkshire Dales in England. The name derived from the prevalence of sheep farming in the region where the chair was used by shepherds at lambing time. The winged construction is designed to protect the user from drafts during the long nights of sitting up for lambing. The winged construction terminates downward to Scroll arm supports. Centered is a high shaped top back panel with a conforming front shaped skirt. A solid planked seat is hinged enclosing a commode.

This unique Child Lambing chair is a well proportioned form. The rocking / potty chair was a made by a cabinet maker or carpenter for an individual order, rather than working in the tradition of the turner who made many chairs in the same design

No potty bowl … all in good order.
Sturdy and heavy, structurally sound.

Inventory FU-S-3558

SOLD

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