Lot Essay
A chair with similar detailing and inlay to the back is illustrated in Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, Woodbridge 1990, page 477, fig 4:132
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Details
A Yorkshire oak panel back armchair, late 17th century
with a boldly carved scrolling cresting and ear pieces, with two stylized foliate carved panels within an inlaid chequered border, the renewed downswept arms and turned supports above a later seat, on block and turned legs joined by stretchers -- 43in. (110cm.) high, 24in. (62cm.) wide, 22in. (56cm.) deep
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with a boldly carved scrolling cresting and ear pieces, with two stylized foliate carved panels within an inlaid chequered border, the renewed downswept arms and turned supports above a later seat, on block and turned legs joined by stretchers -- 43in. (110cm.) high, 24in. (62cm.) wide, 22in. (56cm.) deep
See Illustration
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