Chair of the Month for September is this scroll back Windsor armchair.

The type of 3 ring turning on the leg dates it to about 1870-1900. At some point in its history, it was painted white, and then later stripped. Traces of the white paint remain.

In the collection at Wycombe Museum there are even more wonderful chairs than we are able to display at any one time. This chair, together with many others in Wycombe Museum’s collection has been stored in poor environmental conditions which resulted in a small proportion of chairs developing surface mould growth.

We are grateful to have received grant funding from the Regional Furniture Society, Heart of Bucks, and additional support from Buckinghamshire Council. This means that our stored collection has now been removed from the damp stores, slowly dried, and cleaned.  Our fabulous chairs and the rest of our stored collection continues to be preserved for future generations to enjoy!

Watch this space for news on our planned new chair store which will be open to visitors to explore.