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Description: | The back to this chair is probably provincial but eighteenth century in design and execution, while the front legs are nineteenth century An exact date is difficult to ascertain, but thought to be around 1860. The moulded uprights of this chair splay outwards to an undulating top rail with scrolled corners. Beneath is a Gothic splat, which has arched tracery in three graduated tiers, framed by diminishing C-scrolls. The splat terminates in a shoe. The splat of similar design can be seen in the Dictionary of English Furniture (Edwards, Ralph, Dictionary of English Furniture, 1954, pub Country Life Vol. I, p. 281, Figure 176.). The tapered seat has beech side rails and a serpentine oak front rail, all three cut in with a serpentine outline to enhance the curvaceous shaping. It is likely that e front rail was renew, and possibly enhanced with serpentine shaping, when the legs were replaced. The seat has stuffed-over upholstery, with the seat rails being covered over. All the upholstery is twentieth century. The seat is supported on square plain rear legs, while the front legs are nineteenth century cabriole ones terminating in scroll feet in the French taste. The ears have carved leaf motifs, but are not well carved. Additions And Alterations: Purchased with a broken back. Repairs to splat | Source: | Vads | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9124... | Go to resource |
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