A Charles II joined oak and inlaid panel-back open armchair, South-West Yorkshire/East Lancashire, probably Burnley, circa 1670
A Charles II joined oak and inlaid panel-back open armchair, South-West Yorkshire/East Lancashire, probably Burnley, circa 1670
The back having a narrow panel carved with hatch-filled floral motifs above a larger panel carved with a pair of exotic birds and stylised flora beneath an arch, the downswept arms on baluster-turned front supports, with baluster and ring-turned front legs joined by plain stretchers.
This predominantly distinctive linear carving is generally attributed to Burnley, Lancashire. Three related chairs are illustrated Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture: The British Tradition (2016), p. 433, figs. 4:128, 129 & 129a. A fourth, in the collection of Sir George Thursby, Ormerod House, Burnley, is illustrated M. Harris & Sons, The English Chair (1948), p.78, pl. VIII. See also David Knell, English Country Furniture 1500-1900 (2000), p. 323, pl.75.
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, p. 433, figs. 4:128, 129 & 129a. A fourth, in the collection of Sir George Thursby, Ormerod House, Burnley, is illustrated M. Harris & Sons, The English Chair (1948), p.78, pl. VIII. See also David Knell, English Country Furniture 1500-1900 (2000), p. 323, pl.75.){kind=link}