A JAMES II OAK CHAIR, the panelled rectangular back carved with strapwork, the toprail carved 1686 flanked by animal scrolls, with later solid seat on baluster legs joined by square stretchers, one front foot with later section, the feet shortened, Westmorland

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A JAMES II OAK CHAIR, the panelled rectangular back carved with strapwork, the toprail carved 1686 flanked by animal scrolls, with later solid seat on baluster legs joined by square stretchers, one front foot with later section, the feet shortened, Westmorland

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The serpent strapwork and snail-like creatures flanking the cresting are two of the most distinctive features of Lake District furniture. Distinctive forms appear on dated furniture continuously from as early as the 1620's until s late as the 1740's. (See Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture The British Tradition, Woodbridge, 1979, pp.487-9, pls.4.169, 4.170a, 4.170b and 4.173)