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maker by royal warrant to the Duke of Edinburgh and by appointment
to HRH Prince Charles as supplier of bespoke guns and accessories,
Holland & Holland holds a special position in the world
of antiques.
Maharajas from the Indian sub-continent, kings and princes
from around the world have long been valued customers visiting
the Bruton Street, Mayfair showrooms in London.
More recently the old established company has added accessories,
old and new, alongside its sporting rifles. Craftsmanship
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Pictured on this page is a skilled craftsman sporting-gun
actioner at work half a century ago at Holland & Holland's
factory in west London and a more recent advertisement
illustration of the firm's current broader trading base.
Some American veteran car enthusiasts visiting Britain
have even been known to acquire Holland & Holland
guns before heading north in appropriate style to bag
grouse in the moors on the glorious Twelfth (of August).
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WORLD'S BEST ANTIQUE WINDSOR
CHAIRS |
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Two
19th century Mendlesham armchairs of basic form with turned
legs.
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18th
century elaborate Gothic elbow chair in the so-called
Chippendale taste in country furniture.
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Numerous academic works have been written about the Windsor chair.
Now complementing them is "The Windsor Chair - an illustrated
celebration" by Cotswold antiques dealer, Michael Harding-Hill
based at Chipping Norton,
Oxfordshire (Antique Collectors' Club, 25).
Over 150 colour plates illustrate the very best Windsor chairs
in the world. There is a special section on American Windsors
and an epilogue outlines the latest developments concluding with
a 2002 Golden Jubilee chair.
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Author
Michael Harding-Hill
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In an authorative foreword, John Andrews writes: "The Windsor
chair...ranked alongside much 18th century furniture as a unique
expression of design, construction and use of material. Its
acceptance and utility led to its enthusiastic adoption in America
where original creativity led to a distinctly different set
of forms but an equally celebrated industry.
"Michael
Harding-Hill has been established as a leading dealer and authority
on the most desirable Windsor chairs for many years. No contemporary
could have handled and assessed more Windsor chairs of high
quality, observing and researching the remarkable range of features
their makers lovingly incorporated as the form of chair developed
over three centuries."
In this book the author brings together, describes and illustrates
those "Best Chairs" in a pictorial record far superior
to any previously published.
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