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Description: | A walnut single chair, the tall sloping back with centre cane panel, its framing pierced and carved with crowns and leafy scrolls, the crest rail morticed between the turned and carved banister back uprights, strutted to turned spreading back feet', united by a turned stretcher and terminating in great heels'. The cane seat with incised carved rails over a fore rail pierced and carved with conforming crown and leafy scrolls, uniting turned and moulded horse bone front legs, terminating in ball feet. The four legs united by turned H-pattern stretchers. Having been in existence for nearly one hundred years, the Collection has acquired, almost by chance, a valuable record of changing twentieth century attitudes to authenticity, manner and acceptable level of restoration, and to fashions in collecting. The work to this particular chair is an excellent example. Only the back central frame of this chair is period, circa 1690. The restoration of this chair, while no doubt carefully researched at the time and showing the high quality of work known to have been produced by Frederick Parker, would now be considered inaccurate in design. For example, recent research suggests spreading back feet' would not be likely before 1700. (Bowett, Adam, English Furniture 1660-1714, Antique Collectors Club, 2002 ) . The colouring applied to the new work of the chair frame, shows no variation, unlike the surface finish on the period carved central frame of the back. The distressing of the new work is naïve. Nevertheless, as an example of the attitudes to restoration in the 1930s, this chair has a valuable role in the Collection. | Source: | Vads | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9128... | Go to resource |
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