Summary:

• Item: Oak Office Chair
• Circa: 1910
• Period: Edwardian
• Provenance: English, UK
• Wood: Solid oak
• Cabinetmaker: Cooke’s, Finsbury, London
• High back design
• Large supportive bar shaped top rail
• Fan back vertical supports
• Reclining & height adjustable Hillcrest mechanism
• Elegant shaped arm supports
• Newly upholstered in green leather hide
• Splayed oak legs
• Replacement solid brass castors (English made)
• Rotates 360 degrees
• Reclining back action
• Height adjustable
• Very comfortable
• Good condition
• Free delivery to mainland England, Wales & southern Scotland*
• Free 14-day UK returns policy

Description:

This is a fine quality antique English oak office chair, made by Cooke’s of Finsbury, London, incorporating a revolving, reclining & height adjustable mechanism, with a newly upholstered green leather seat, from the Edwardian period, circa 1910, in excellent working condition.  This oak office chair is designed with a curved bar back, supported by lower fan back supports. The back secures to shaped arms on elegant vertical shaped supports. The back and arms connect to the seat, which has been newly upholstered, to a professional standard, in top quality full grain green leather.  The underside of the seat has been re-webbed in the traditional manner.  This English oak office chair sits on four splayed oak legs that terminate on English made replacement solid brass castors. The chair incorporates a restored and mechanism allowing it to smoothly rotate 360 degrees and recline backwards.  The original Cooke’s, Finsbury, London label is present on the underside of the seat.  The seat height can be adjusted by turning a ribbed metal screw on the underside of the chair, while the tension of the reclining action can be adjusted by turning the small wheel on the front of the mechanism.  The chair is extremely comfortable to sit on as it features a lovely upholstered seat with a high back.

The oak office chair boasts a mellow golden-brown oak colour.  It has a fantastic colour and patination; this can only be achieved through age and years of care and cleaning it has received.

This English antique oak office chair would look superb in a variety of rooms in either a traditional or contemporary setting, especially the office or study as it is so comfortable. This item would certainly grace any home.  So, don’t miss out on your chance to own a lovely piece of furniture.

Provenance:

This chair was built by Cooke’s (Finsbury), Pavement House, London, who were first established in 1885. During the late 19^th and early 20^th Century they hand-made high quality residential and commercial office furniture, which was made to last.  They supplied customers in London, England and further afield.

Condition Report:

This is a fine quality antique English oak office chair, made by Cooke’s of Finsbury, London, incorporating a revolving, reclining & height adjustable mechanism, with a newly upholstered green leather seat, from the Edwardian period, circa 1910, in excellent working condition.  The seat has been newly upholstered, to a professional standard, in top quality full grain red leather.  The reclining and adjustable height mechanism is in good working order, having been cleaned and restored.  There is some play to the revolving mechanism but this is perfectly acceptable, and in line with the age of the chair.  The English antique oak office chair boasts a rich golden-brown oak colour, having been cleaned and French polished by hand, to a professional standard, in our workshop. The English revolving desk chair incorporates replacement English made solid brass castors, which are in excellent working condition.  This desk chair is solid in joint and ready to use.

Dimensions:

The following information provides dimensions on when the chair height is lowered and also raised to its highest setting using by adjusting the central steel rod:

External height (raised) = 91.5cm / 36” / 3ft
External height (lowered) = 83.5cm / 32⅞” / 2ft 9⅞”
External width (arms) = 58cm / 22⅞” / 1ft 10⅞”
External depth (chair frame) = 53cm / 20⅞” / 1ft 8⅞”
Seat height (raised) = 56cm / 22” / 1ft 10”
Seat height (lowered) = 48cm / 19” / 1ft 7”
Seat width (between arms) = 46cm / 18” / 1ft 6”
Seat Depth = 44cm / 17¼” / 1ft 5¼”
Arm height (raised) = 74cm / 29⅛” / 2ft 5⅛”
Arm height (lowered) = 67cm / 26⅜” / 2ft 2⅜”
Back height (from seat) = 41.5cm / 16⅜” / 1ft 4⅜”

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