An extremely rare and documented Elizabeth I oak so-called Glastonbury chair, West Country, circa 1570

An extremely rare and documented Elizabeth I oak so-called Glastonbury chair, West Country, circa 1570
Of pegged construction, the raked back of three boards, typically carved with paired guilloche-filled arches but unusually centred by a defaced shield framed by well-carved floral scrolls, the scroll-shaped cresting line-carved with pairs of downward-pointing leaves, the centre again defaced, each back upright with multiple fine run-mouldings and integral pyramidal-finial, the arms with accentuated raised 'elbow-rest', the seat of two boards grooved into run-moulded side rails, and with hand-shaped 'rod-form' front and rear rails, the simple legs forming X-form side supports, joined by a hand-shaped central stretcher, 61cm wide x 56cm deep x 101cm high, (24in wide x 22in deep x 39 1/2in high)