Antique English elm smoker's bow chair, 19th century captain's chair with turned spindle gallery and horseshoe arms
19th century elm pub chair, smoker's bow armchair with shaped saddle seat and turned spindle back, front view
Close-up of English elm smoker's bow chair horseshoe arm, showing fine natural patina and elm grain figuring
Victorian-era elm smoker's bow captain's chair with double stretcher base, antique pub chair form
Antique English elm smoker's bow chair, 19th century captain's chair with turned spindle gallery and horseshoe arms
19th century elm pub chair, smoker's bow armchair with shaped saddle seat and turned spindle back, front view
Close-up of English elm smoker's bow chair horseshoe arm, showing fine natural patina and elm grain figuring
Victorian-era elm smoker's bow captain's chair with double stretcher base, antique pub chair form

19th Century English Elm Smoker's Bow Chair

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A handsome 19th century English elm smoker's bow chair, the form more familiarly known as a captain's chair or pub chair, and much sought after for its low, sociable stance and generous horseshoe arm rail. The shaped saddle seat is worked in solid elm, its figure and colour deepened by a wonderful old patina built up over more than a century of use. A gallery of turned spindles rises to the sweeping arm rail, itself terminating in rounded knuckle ends, while the sturdy turned legs are united by a double stretcher for extra rigidity — a hallmark of the best examples of the type.

Originally designed for pubs, clubs and smoking rooms, where its wide seat and enclosing arms made it the most comfortable chair in the room, this example remains in fine, solid condition and is genuinely comfortable to sit in today. It would suit equally well as a desk or occasional armchair, or simply as a well-loved reading chair.

A handsome 19th century English elm smoker's bow chair, the form more familiarly known as a captain's chair or pub chair, and much sought after for its low, sociable stance and generous horseshoe arm rail. The shaped saddle seat is worked in solid elm, its figure and colour deepened by a wonderful old patina built up over more than a century of use. A gallery of turned spindles rises to the sweeping arm rail, itself terminating in rounded knuckle ends, while the sturdy turned legs are united by a double stretcher for extra rigidity — a hallmark of the best examples of the type.

Originally designed for pubs, clubs and smoking rooms, where its wide seat and enclosing arms made it the most comfortable chair in the room, this example remains in fine, solid condition and is genuinely comfortable to sit in today. It would suit equally well as a desk or occasional armchair, or simply as a well-loved reading chair.