A RARE ELIZABETH I YEW JOINT STOOL BASE

A RARE ELIZABETH I YEW JOINT STOOL BASE

C.1590 AND LATER

the later oak top above broad run-moulded and bicuspid shaped rails on capped rising–baluster legs joined by run-moulded stretchers all round

58cm high, 48cm wide, 30.5cm deep

Literature

See Tobias Jellinek, 'Early British Chairs and Seats, 1500-1700', p.221, pl.227 for another yew joint stool, apparently from the same set, or at least from the same workshop, although described as being made of cedar.