Lambing chair

The lambing chair is a wood boxed form of winged arm chair rarely having upholstery. Storage under the seat is common as a drawer or compartment.

The historic "lambing" chair is an example of regional vernacular furniture prevalent in the Lancashire and Yorkshire Dales in England, c. 1750-1850. The name derived from the prevalence of sheep farming in the region where the chair was used by shepherds at lambing time.

The great variety of individual designs found in this group of chairs suggests that they were made by cabinet makers or carpenters for an individual order, rather than working in the tradition of the turner who made many chairs in the same design.

References

cite book
last = Cotton
first = Bernard D
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title = The English Regional Chair
publisher = Antique Collectors' Club
date =
location = ISBN 1 85149 023X
pages = pages 434-437
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cite book
last = Cooke
first = Edward S Jr
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title = Refined Vernacular The Work of Kenneth Fisher
publication = Woodwork Magazine
publisher = Ross Periodicals Inc
date = February 2005
location = ISSN 1045-3040
pages = pages 53, 57, 58
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doi =
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External links

* [http://www.lambingchair.com Contemporary Lambing Chair]
** [http://www.lambingchair.com/history.html History of the Lambing Chair]
** [http://www.lambingchair.com/pdf/0502Woodwork.pdf Reference]