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Description: | The chair suffers from having had its feet and the height of the back cut down. Consequently, its proportions are awkward. The chair has a moulded panelled caned back with arched moulded scrolls on the top rail surmounted by leaves and a shell that is reflected in the lower back rail. The seat cover and shape are incorrect, but evidence of earlier upholstery in the construction of the seat is apparent. The seat rails are of oak with stuff over upholstery attached. The front rail has a shaped apron and tapering side rails. The legs are of a cabriole form with unusual fluted knees and terminate in three-toed trifid feet. The mouldings above the cabriole legs imply the presence originally of a fringe. The H-stretchers when restored, possible by Parker, copied one nineteenth century surviving example. The unusual feet and the general design indicate that the chair may well be Continental, possibly Flemish, but it is of a period when Flemish and Dutch influence was strong on English Furniture, through the influence of Daniel Marot and other Huguenot designers. Additions And Alterations: Two turned and cross stretchers and part of right upright replaced and the left turned stretcher may have been replaced in the early nineteenth century; chair back and back feet cut down. Upholstery appears to be nineteenth century with later covering.. | Source: | Vads | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9126... | Go to resource |
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