Details
A CHARLES II OAK STOOL
CIRCA 1660
With floral Turkeywork cushion above bobbin-turned legs and double stretchers, the underside of seat branded LM
18 ¼ in. (46.4 cm.) high, 19 ¾ in. (50.2 cm.) wide, 17 in. (43.2 cm.) deep
Provenance
Mr. Reginald Leon (probably Reginald Herbert Leon, The White House, Denham, Buckinghamshire).
With Stair & Company, London, sold to Irwin Untermyer in 1969.
Bequest of Irwin Untermyer, 1973.
Literature
R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. edn., Suffolk, 1954, vol. III, p. 169, fig. 15 (Mr. Reginald Leon).
R. Edwards, The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1964, p. 501, fig. 11.

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