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LATE 16TH EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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A SALISBURY OAK ARMCHAIR
LATE 16TH EARLY 17TH CENTURY
With angular arms, the back and frieze rails with gouge carved detail and with arched integral crest, struck to the back 'R.P.', bearing a brass plaque to the seat behind the arm support, 'PRESENTED TO ALL SAINTS IDMISTON BY ALICE HOOPER IN MEMORY OF HER SISTERS ELIZABETH, FLORENCE AND MARY KATE PILE OF ELMSLEIGH, PORTON, 19TH MAY, 1936'
45in. (115cm.) high; the seat -- 18½in. (47cm.) high; 14in. (36cm.) deep; 20in. (51cm.) wide (between the arms)
LATE 16TH EARLY 17TH CENTURY
With angular arms, the back and frieze rails with gouge carved detail and with arched integral crest, struck to the back 'R.P.', bearing a brass plaque to the seat behind the arm support, 'PRESENTED TO ALL SAINTS IDMISTON BY ALICE HOOPER IN MEMORY OF HER SISTERS ELIZABETH, FLORENCE AND MARY KATE PILE OF ELMSLEIGH, PORTON, 19TH MAY, 1936'
45in. (115cm.) high; the seat -- 18½in. (47cm.) high; 14in. (36cm.) deep; 20in. (51cm.) wide (between the arms)
Provenance
All Saint's Church Idmiston, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, since the 1930's
St Nicholas Church Porton, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, since the 1970's
To be sold by grant of Faculty
St Nicholas Church Porton, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, since the 1970's
To be sold by grant of Faculty
Literature
Victor Chinnery, Oak furniture the British Tradition, Woodbridge, 1979, Page 452, Figure 4.68
The author notes that the earliest recorded Salisbury chair of this type bears the date 1585 and was presented by the Mayor to the Corporation of New Sarum; it still resides with the City Corporation.
The author notes that the earliest recorded Salisbury chair of this type bears the date 1585 and was presented by the Mayor to the Corporation of New Sarum; it still resides with the City Corporation.
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