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
Derbyshire/South Yorkshire, circa 1670
Having a slender top rail with three arches, each with internal cusp-outlined and punch-decorated edges, raised on baluster-turned spindles, further decoration in the form of acorn pendants, the lower back-rail with a line of gauge-carving, the scroll finial uprights with split bobbin and button mouldings, the panelled seat on block and baluster-turned front legs joined by plain low level stretchers, 50cm wide x 46cm deep x 98cm high, (19.5" wide x 18" deep x 38.5" high)
Having a slender top rail with three arches, each with internal cusp-outlined and punch-decorated edges, raised on baluster-turned spindles, further decoration in the form of acorn pendants, the lower back-rail with a line of gauge-carving, the scroll finial uprights with split bobbin and button mouldings, the panelled seat on block and baluster-turned front legs joined by plain low level stretchers, 50cm wide x 46cm deep x 98cm high, (19.5" wide x 18" deep x 38.5" high)
Sold for
£562
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Literature: T. Jellinek, Early British Chairs and Seats 1500 to 1700 (2009), p. 305, pl. 424, illustrates a chair with a highly similar back, including simulated turnings on the rear uprights between the lower back rail and seat.
Category: Furniture / Oak Furniture
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