Set of 4 Victorian Bruce Talbert Design Dining Chairs

A very attractive set of four oak spindle back dining chairs in the reformed Gothic style and which date to circa 1880/90. These chairs are characteristic of Bruce J. Talbert's design for a standard dining chair - see for instance "Victorian & Edwardian Furniture & Interiors" by Cooper, J. ( 1998; figure 258) and "The Study-Book of Furniture and Furnishing" by O'Kane, J. (1880-89, Plate 51). Bruce Talbert was a famous Scottish architect and furniture designer. His design of the standard dining chair was adapted by various famous Victorian cabinet-makers with variations in terms of the wood used (namely oak, mahogany and walnut), the turning of the spindles and forelegs, the stretchers (turned versus simple square) and ebonised finishes to the spindles and legs. The chairs in question are solid oak. The upholstered seats rest on turned forelegs linked to the back legs with simple H stretchers. The seats have been entirely newly traditionally re-upholstered by The Sitting Place and finished in Meadow Fruit fabric by Gp&J Baker (red/green colourway). These sturdy chairs would make ideal breakfast chairs in a cottage-style kitchen or simply as dining chairs.