Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - The Age of Oak - 14th January 2025
Lot 294
A RARE PAIR OF JAMES I OAK JOINT STOOLS
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £5040
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Description
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.