Set of 8 Arts & Crafts Oak Ladderback Dining Chairs

An original set of eight Arts & Crafts English oak dining chairs, comprising 6 chairs and 2 carvers, in the manner of William Birch. With tall ladder backs, each rail having a twin peak design, flanked by plain uprights terminating in ring turned finials, over woven rush seats, standing on elliptical turned front legs on pad feet and out-swept plain back legs united by spindle stretchers, the front finished with a stylised bobbin stretcher. The carvers with curved splayed arms supported by turned baluster form uprights. In very good original condition, the oak having a beautiful colour and grain, the rush seats showing signs of wear but still all perfectly usable. English, circa 1900