24 May 2012
12:00 BST
Chester
The Beedham Collection: Selected Oak Furniture & Works of Art 1450 - 1750
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The Beedham Collection: Selected Oak Furniture & Works of Art 1450 - 1750
Back to auction 20460
A Charles II oak backstool
Southern Lancashire/North Cheshire, circa 1680
Having a distinctive large arched floral and vine-carved cresting, over a floral-carved back panel, the uprights with characteristic pyramid finials, panelled seat, raised on block and ball-turned legs, joined by a conforming front mid-stretcher, 45cm wide x 41cm deep x 103.5cm high, (17.5" wide x 16" deep x 40.5" high)
Having a distinctive large arched floral and vine-carved cresting, over a floral-carved back panel, the uprights with characteristic pyramid finials, panelled seat, raised on block and ball-turned legs, joined by a conforming front mid-stretcher, 45cm wide x 41cm deep x 103.5cm high, (17.5" wide x 16" deep x 40.5" high)
Sold for
£937
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Literature: V. Chinnery, Oak Furniture: The British Tradition, (1993) p. 485, fig. 4:158, illustrates a backstool with a highly similar carved cresting.
Category: Furniture / Oak Furniture
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