MID 17TH CENTURY, SALISBURY OR DORSET

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A WEST COUNTRY OAK ARMCHAIR
Mid 17th century, Salisbury or Dorset
The panel back centred with a fleur-de-lys filled lozenge with scroll- carved cresting and gouge-carved uprights, and frieze rail, on ring-turned legs joined by stretchers, some restoration
45in. (115cm.) high, the seat 27in. (69cm.) wide, 14in. (36cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

Although this chair is not a typical Salisbury pattern, it does nevertheless incorporate some features which would indicate an origin in this region, including the repetitive gouged decoration, the leg turning and the framing of the panel in the back. Other features such as the scrolling toprail and the fleur-de-lys motif filled with what may be grapes, are rather idiosyncratic. The pyramid finials to the back uprights may well be a later alteration, or may have been repaired.

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