Lot Essay
The 'RB' stamp on this chair is possibly for Richard Bealing, who supplied seat furniture to King William III (d.1702). (See Christopher Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam, p 73.).
LATE 17TH CENTURY
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A CHARLES II WALNUT AND CANED HIGH-BACK CHAIR
LATE 17TH CENTURY
With double-scroll crest and back-frame, flanked by turned uprights with foliate finials, on scroll legs and front stretcher, struck to rear three times RB and twice EC
44 in. (112 cm.) high; the seat 17½ in. (44 cm.) high, 19¾ in. (50 cm.) wide, 16 in. (40.5 cm.) deep
LATE 17TH CENTURY
With double-scroll crest and back-frame, flanked by turned uprights with foliate finials, on scroll legs and front stretcher, struck to rear three times RB and twice EC
44 in. (112 cm.) high; the seat 17½ in. (44 cm.) high, 19¾ in. (50 cm.) wide, 16 in. (40.5 cm.) deep
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