Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 3rd July 2025
Lot 1050
A RARE ELIZABETH I YEW JOINT STOOL BASE
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1008
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Description
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.