Description
A late 19th century Spanish hardwood folding chair in Nasrid style, parquetry and ivory inlaid, the polychrome leather back with a Nasrid inscription, to a conforming seat stamped with split palmettes and arabesques. Splits to leather, restorations and replacements.
These chairs were popular in 19th century Spain during a period of Moorish revival. They are based on 14th/15th century originals. For similar examples of this chair see: Maria Paz Aquilo Alonson, El Mueble en Espana, siglos XVI-VII, Madrid, 1993, p.351, no.309.
