A CHARLES I OAK BACKSTOOL

A CHARLES I OAK BACKSTOOL

C.1640

the scroll crest above an incised zigzag frieze, the back panel with a run moulded saltire, flanked by fluted uprights and on conforming supports

Provenance

The Peter Gwynn Collection. Formerly at Dame Annis Barn, Epsom, Surrey. An earlier, but comparable chair, also form the Gwynn Collection is illustrated Tobias Jellinek, 'Early British Chairs and Seats 1500-1700', p.276, pl.381. The author notes how unusual it is to see carving on uprights or seat rails on chairs without arms.