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
Yorkshire/Derbyshire, circa 1670 and later
Having a variation of the twin-arched splat, each gauge-carved with a smooth top and lower cusped edge, centred to the top by a stylized carved tulip, further decoration in the form of turned pendants and finials, the uprights with scroll-finials, applied with split bobbin and button mouldings, panelled seat, on block and ball front legs joined by a bobbin-turned front mid-stretcher, restorations, 46cm wide x 41cm deep x 101cm high, (18" wide x 16" deep x 39.5" high)
Having a variation of the twin-arched splat, each gauge-carved with a smooth top and lower cusped edge, centred to the top by a stylized carved tulip, further decoration in the form of turned pendants and finials, the uprights with scroll-finials, applied with split bobbin and button mouldings, panelled seat, on block and ball front legs joined by a bobbin-turned front mid-stretcher, restorations, 46cm wide x 41cm deep x 101cm high, (18" wide x 16" deep x 39.5" high)
Sold for
£1,187
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance: John Paul Getty, Snr., Sutton Place, Surrey.
Similar examples at Aston Hall, Birmingham and The Chapel, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire.
Literature: T. Jellinek, Early British Chairs and Seats 1500 to 1700 (2009), illustrates an extremely similar example, p. 303, pl. 420.
Category: Furniture / Oak Furniture
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