Description
An Arts & Crafts childs correction or deportment chair, made of oak having a shaped backrest with decorative carving to the back. Exposed dovetail joints on the side panels and back with arched side legs and double pegged joints. A good looking, solid and sturdy chair, also known as Astley Cooper chairs named after the inventor Sir Astley Paston Cooper. As a surgeon and anatomist, he designed these chairs in order to correct a faulty posture in children. In excellent condition, but does have an old repair to the back leg.
105cmH x 43cmW x 38cmD (seat height 62cm)
