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AN OAK ARMCHAIR, SCOTTISH, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
with an architectural toprail and raised cushion moulded panel between chamfered uprights, the out curved arms on turned supports, the moulded twin plank seat above a twin ogee scrolling frieze with central turned support, on block and turned legs joined by square section stretchers, seat renewed
16in. (41cm.) high to seat, 38in. (96cm.) high overall
with an architectural toprail and raised cushion moulded panel between chamfered uprights, the out curved arms on turned supports, the moulded twin plank seat above a twin ogee scrolling frieze with central turned support, on block and turned legs joined by square section stretchers, seat renewed
16in. (41cm.) high to seat, 38in. (96cm.) high overall
Literature
A very similiar armchair is illustrated in Victor Chinnery Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, Woodbridge, 1979, p460, fig 4.94
This distinctive type of chair belongs to a group associated with the East Coast cities of Scotland where the strong French influence can be seen in the general form of this chair and in the architectural nature of the back. The Alliance between Scotland and France at this time gave rise to a rich heritage of French influences in the furniture of Eastern Scotland, where busy ports were in close contact with France. A large group of related chairs still exists at Trinity Hall, Aberdeen, having been assembled mainly during the 17th century.
See Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, Woodbridge, 1979, pages 460-466 for a fuller discussion of this tradition.
This distinctive type of chair belongs to a group associated with the East Coast cities of Scotland where the strong French influence can be seen in the general form of this chair and in the architectural nature of the back. The Alliance between Scotland and France at this time gave rise to a rich heritage of French influences in the furniture of Eastern Scotland, where busy ports were in close contact with France. A large group of related chairs still exists at Trinity Hall, Aberdeen, having been assembled mainly during the 17th century.
See Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, Woodbridge, 1979, pages 460-466 for a fuller discussion of this tradition.
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