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Description: | This walnut armchair, with its arched upholstered back and waisted or ‘compass' shaped drop-in seat has had its back cut down, which considerably alters its proportions (see fpf027). Why the back was cut down is unknown, but suggestions have been made that perhaps this was to accommodate arms from another chair. Whilst the back has an irregular appearance, other features of this chair are of interest. The shepherd's crook arms are supported by straight uprights, these supports terminating in interesting cabochon ovals at the intersections with the seat rails. The thick cross-grain walnut veneered seat rails are cut in to lighten them. The solid front cabriole legs have ears supported by C-scrolls, carved shells on the knees and terminate in claw and ball feet. (Cescinsky, Herbert, English Furniture of Eighteenth Century, Waverley Book Company, 1922, Vol. II, p. 77. The example illustrated has similar features, with the exception of the back.) The rear legs are flared and square in section. While the tapestry top cover is twentieth century, the seat has nineteenth century webbing and there seems to be eighteenth century webbing and hessian beneath the upholstery on the back. Additions And Alterations: Back cut down, arms from another chair; one arm support restored; back legs built up; twentieth century covering. | Source: | Vads | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9125... | Go to resource |
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