£1,000 - £1,500
A CHARLES II OAK AND INLAID PANEL-BACK OPEN ARMCHAIR, SOUTH WEST YORKSHIRE, CIRCA 1670. The rectangular back panel carved with stylised cross-hatched filled flowerheads below a tulip-head carved slender panel, within chequer-inlaid rails, below a scroll-carved arched cresting, the downswept open arms on turned front supports embracing a solid seat, on turned tapering legs joined by rectangular-section stretchers, 58cm wide x 54cm deep x 108cm high
For an extremely similar chair see the Towneley Hall Museum collection, Burnley, Long Gallery, Bedroom VI. Further examples can be found at Temple Newsam, West Yorkshire, see Oak Furniture from Lancashire and Lake District, Temple Newsam catalogue 1973; and the Lower Hall, Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire. The distinctive similarities in carving and design would indicate manufacture by a particular workshop/group, see V. Chinnery, 'Oak Furniture: The British Tradition', pp. 472-477.
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