An oak armchair, the moulded top rail above a rectangular carved panelled back worked with initials MM and TB and the date 1628, around the Heraldic arms of Penkill and Rowallan, the upholstered seat flanked by square slightly tapering and down scrolled armrests, on ring turned bobbin supports joined by square stretchers on bun feet, partly 17th Century | Christie's

Lot 66

An oak armchair, the moulded top rail above a rectangular carved panelled back worked with initials MM and TB and the date 1628, around the Heraldic arms of Penkill and Rowallan, the upholstered seat flanked by square slightly tapering and down scrolled armrests, on ring turned bobbin supports joined by square stretchers on bun feet, partly 17th Century

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An oak armchair, the moulded top rail above a rectangular carved panelled back worked with initials MM and TB and the date 1628, around the Heraldic arms of Penkill and Rowallan, the upholstered seat flanked by square slightly tapering and down scrolled armrests, on ring turned bobbin supports joined by square stretchers on bun feet, partly 17th Century

Lot Essay

This armchair was carved to celebrate the marriage of Marion Mure of Rowallan to Thomas Boyd, 4th Laird of Penkill in 1628

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