Details
An oak X-frame travelling chair, English, late 16th century
the rectangular back with double arcaded guilloche filled back and with a blind centre surrounded by trailing stylised foliage, between moulded uprights with pointed finials, with downswept arms, solid seat and X-frame legs joined by a turned stretcher, formerly with carved coat-of-arms to the back -- 39in. (100cm.) high, 22in. (56cm.) wide
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the rectangular back with double arcaded guilloche filled back and with a blind centre surrounded by trailing stylised foliage, between moulded uprights with pointed finials, with downswept arms, solid seat and X-frame legs joined by a turned stretcher, formerly with carved coat-of-arms to the back -- 39in. (100cm.) high, 22in. (56cm.) wide
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Provenance
The Late John Fardon Esq, Sold Christie's King Street, 24th October 1991, lot 51
Literature
A very similar chair, which is the example in the V & A museum collection, is illustrated in Ralph Edwards The Dictionary of English Furniture, Country Life, 1954 revised edition, p.229, fig.14.
An article by Gabriel Olive entitled The Glastonbury Chair, published in the Journal of the Regional Furniture Society, Volume VIII, 1994, discusses these chairs at length.
An article by Gabriel Olive entitled The Glastonbury Chair, published in the Journal of the Regional Furniture Society, Volume VIII, 1994, discusses these chairs at length.