17th Century English Oak Chair

Place of ManufactureEngland, Europe

MediumMaterial: wood, oak

DimensionsOverall: 103 x 47.8 x 42.6 cm

ClassificationsDECORATIVE ART

Credit LineAnonymous Gift

Object number1979.323.001

DescriptionThe chair has a primitively carved crest of sinewy tendrils terminating in two rosettes and stiff leaves. The uprights have carved pyramids at the top. The back is carved with a lozenge pattern in the centre of a solid panel, and the whole is morticed and tenoned to the uprights with noticable oak dowels. The legs are lathe turned balusters.

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