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Description: | Chippendale style side chair with an undulating serpentine top rail with point corners, the slightly splayed uprights are finely carved with acanthus scrolls and pierced interlaced splat carved with husks and C' scrolls. The splat terminates into a loose shoe on the back seat rail. The seat is of a trapezoidal form and with a shallow ogee moulded top edges, which is also present on the outside edges of the front legs. The seat is a drop in type, which was probably made in the nineteenth century, with late nineteenth century striped role silk in a very worn condition. Underneath the seat, H-Stretchers connect the square chamfered legs, between the back legs is also a rectangular sectioned cross bar. The chair is made from mahogany, but further analysis needs to confirm the suggestion that the front seat rail is American Walnut (Juglans nigra). The chair is thought to have its origin finish, with a pleasing patina. Additions And Alterations: Front and left seat rails replaced18th May 1921 £1.15.0. Late nineteenth century drop in seat frame and upholstery. | Source: | Vads | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9122... | Go to resource |
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