A RARE PAIR OF JAMES I OAK JOINT STOOLS

A RARE PAIR OF JAMES I OAK JOINT STOOLS

SALISBURY, IN THE MANNER OF THE BECKHAM FAMILY WORKSHOP, C.1620

each with a seat with double reeded edge above a frieze carved with stylised 'S' motifs on ring turned gunbarrel legs united peripheral stretchers (2)

53.7cm high, 42.5cm wide, 31.2cm deep

Literature

See Victor Chinnery, 'Oak Furniture - The British Tradition, p.407 and appendix III, for Humphrey Beckham (1588-1671) biographical details.