Chair
1690-1705 (made)
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Description:
Chair of carved walnut, with panel of canework on the back, and a cane seat. The back consists of:
1) An oval panel of canework in the middle framed by double 'horsebone' (broken scroll) scrolls and rosettes with a coronet above.
2) Twist-turned side uprights enriched with leaf and floral carving with crown-like finials.
'Horsebone' (broken scroll) scroll front legs on turned pad feet, joined by a mid-height stretcher of 'horsebone' (broken scroll) form centered on a coronet (flowers and balls). The front and back legs united in a turned H form stretcher. The back legs joined by a turned mid-height stretcher. The front legs stand proud of the rails and terminate in a moulded button. The seat rails are moulded. No stamps present. Very dark varnish overall, considerably rubbed in many areas of the frame and caning.
Modifications and Wear:
Extensive CFB damage to crest, left back upright, rear stretcher, the front right foot and crest rail. Right rear foot with three large holes.
Chair of carved walnut, with panel of canework on the back, and a cane seat. The back consists of:
1) An oval panel of canework in the middle framed by double 'horsebone' (broken scroll) scrolls and rosettes with a coronet above.
2) Twist-turned side uprights enriched with leaf and floral carving with crown-like finials.
'Horsebone' (broken scroll) scroll front legs on turned pad feet, joined by a mid-height stretcher of 'horsebone' (broken scroll) form centered on a coronet (flowers and balls). The front and back legs united in a turned H form stretcher. The back legs joined by a turned mid-height stretcher. The front legs stand proud of the rails and terminate in a moulded button. The seat rails are moulded. No stamps present. Very dark varnish overall, considerably rubbed in many areas of the frame and caning.
Modifications and Wear:
Extensive CFB damage to crest, left back upright, rear stretcher, the front right foot and crest rail. Right rear foot with three large holes.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | carved walnut, caned seat and back, turning |
| Brief description | Walnut chair with cane seat & back, 1690-1705, England |
| Physical description | Description: Chair of carved walnut, with panel of canework on the back, and a cane seat. The back consists of: 1) An oval panel of canework in the middle framed by double 'horsebone' (broken scroll) scrolls and rosettes with a coronet above. 2) Twist-turned side uprights enriched with leaf and floral carving with crown-like finials. 'Horsebone' (broken scroll) scroll front legs on turned pad feet, joined by a mid-height stretcher of 'horsebone' (broken scroll) form centered on a coronet (flowers and balls). The front and back legs united in a turned H form stretcher. The back legs joined by a turned mid-height stretcher. The front legs stand proud of the rails and terminate in a moulded button. The seat rails are moulded. No stamps present. Very dark varnish overall, considerably rubbed in many areas of the frame and caning. Modifications and Wear: Extensive CFB damage to crest, left back upright, rear stretcher, the front right foot and crest rail. Right rear foot with three large holes. |
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| Object history | Purchased for £25 from Mrs. Auld, 30 Draycott Place, S.W. RP: 1911/1412M, 1911/281M Returned from long loan to Ham House, March 2019. |
| Bibliographic reference | Adam Bowett, English Furniture 1660-1714 From Charles II to Queen Anne (Woodbridge, England: Antique Collector's Club, 1988), pp 230-1. Pl 8:2.
‘Figures 8:1 and 8:2 show two typical examples, with horsebone crest and fore-rails and double-scrolled fore-legs. The frames of the back panels are also carved with horsebone scrolls, which lend themselves easily to the oval shape.
...with twist-turned back posts interrupted by squat balusters. Note the prominent raised blocks of the forelegs which serve both to locate a squab cushion and to stregthen the joint.' |
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| Accession number | W.16-1911 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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