An oak panel back open armchair
Parts early 17th century
Assembled from various components, the rare cresting carved with an angel mask, within a pierced surround, the outstretched wings extending the length of the top rail, above a stylized floral carved back panel and guilloche- carved lower rail, geometric carved uprights with scroll-carved ears, downswept open-arms on baluster-turned front supports embracing a boarded seat, on turned front legs, joined by a baluster-turned front stretcher and rear spiral-turned stretcher, 63cm wide x 51cm deep x 125cm high, (24.5" wide x 20" deep x 49" high)
Assembled from various components, the rare cresting carved with an angel mask, within a pierced surround, the outstretched wings extending the length of the top rail, above a stylized floral carved back panel and guilloche- carved lower rail, geometric carved uprights with scroll-carved ears, downswept open-arms on baluster-turned front supports embracing a boarded seat, on turned front legs, joined by a baluster-turned front stretcher and rear spiral-turned stretcher, 63cm wide x 51cm deep x 125cm high, (24.5" wide x 20" deep x 49" high)
Sold for
£562
inc. premium
Footnotes
- The cresting rail possibly originates from East Anglia. A panel back armchair with winged and mask carved cresting sold Sotheby's, Olympia, 15 November, 2005, lot 138.
Literature: Richard Bebb, Welsh Furniture 1250-1950, (2007) Vol.1, p.263, pl.425, illustrates an open armchair with a comparable carved back panel as found here. The chair is attributed by the author to Pembrokeshire.
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