A joined oak and inlaid panel-back open armchair, South West Yorkshire
A joined oak and inlaid panel-back open armchair, South West Yorkshire
In the circa 1670 manner, incorporating period timbers
The tall back with a single flowering-stem carved panel below a slender panel carved with the initials 'E' 'B' within linear-inlay, the back uprights gauge-carved and chequer-inlaid, all surmounted by a double-scroll outlined cresting with leafy-buds and vine-leaf carving, with serpent-carved 'ears', and slender downswept open arms on egg-turned front supports, boarded seat with chip-carved ends, the seat rail also chequer-inlaid, on baluster-turned legs joined by plain stretchers all round, 55.5cm wide x 50cm deep x 118.5cm high, (21 1/2in wide x 19 1/2in deep x 46 1/2in high)
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A joined oak and inlaid panel-back open armchair, South West Yorkshire
In the circa 1670 manner, incorporating period timbers
The tall back with a single flowering-stem carved panel below a slender panel carved with the initials 'E' 'B' within linear-inlay, the back uprights gauge-carved and chequer-inlaid, all surmounted by a double-scroll outlined cresting with leafy-buds and vine-leaf carving, with serpent-carved 'ears', and slender downswept open arms on egg-turned front supports, boarded seat with chip-carved ends, the seat rail also chequer-inlaid, on baluster-turned legs joined by plain stretchers all round, 55.5cm wide x 50cm deep x 118.5cm high, (21 1/2in wide x 19 1/2in deep x 46 1/2in high)