English, 1660-1700, oak, 76/1553

Joined and turned oak chair with carved back, full-height back uprights (with carved scroll finials), and board seat formed from a single piece of oak 12mm thick, fixed with 9 large round dowels. The back, gently raked above the seat, has an arched lunette carved with rose and leaves, and a bottom rail carved with C-scrolls, enclosing two baluster-shaped vertical turnings (and two more half-turned pieces of the same profile). The front legs are turned, with large ovals between square-sections, joined by a single front stretcher turned with tapers flanking a central reel. The four side stretchers, and the single, low back stretcher are rectangular. Of joined construction, single-pegged except for where the side rails are jointed to the back uprights which are double-pegged.

Modifications
A dark stain overall, concealing various unobtrusive repairs: the left upright (replaced from just above the seat; reinforcing infill to right upright, just above the seat; infill behind the ‘neck’ of the right finial; repaired section to the left turned baluster of the back;
There are two empty holes in the seat, near the rails, apparently a mistake in manufacture.

Bought for £5 from from Charles H.Marshall of East Retford (along with 66-1893 to 97-1893
On loan to Mary Newman's Cottage, Saltash since 1984

Noticeably small and lightweight

On loan to Mary Newman's Cottage, Saltash

85-1893