Small Welsh Highback Box Settle C.1820

Name: Small Welsh Highback Box Settle C.1820
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1104167
Availability: SoldOut

18th century

Sold by Collinge Antiques

Description

Unusual little early Welsh 19th.c. highback box settle or hall seat in oak chestnut and pine c.1820. Just 40" wide. Tall and slightly curving backrest with a canopy top and shaped sides all designed to protect the sitter from drafts. Fitted (unusually) with a row of six wooden hooks inside on which to hang hats and coats etc. Shaped arms worm to particularly lovely patina. Board seat lifting on decorative iron hinges to reveal useful storage below for boots and shoes etc. Moulded oak plinth around the base. Great rustic character, very simple construction with some earlier repairs and restorations. Very good colour and condition, cleaned and waxed in our workshops.

Width: 40" (101.5 cm)

Height: 65.5" (166.5 cm)

Depth: 20" (51 cm)

Physical Dimensions

Height

166.5cm (65.55")

Width

101.5cm (39.96")

Depth

51cm (20.08")

Declaration

Collinge Antiques has dated this piece to the Georgian era.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1104167

Dealers Internal Reference

37486

Dealers Notes

Please contact us for more images, delivery and international shipping quotes. Alternatively you are welcome to view and collect at our large warehouse showroom in Llandudno Junction, North Wales (approximately 45mins from Chester). We have a large and ever changing selection of genuine good quality antique furniture of all types and have twice been shortlisted for the Home and Antiques Magazine Antique Shop of the Year Award. Open 7 days a week. 01492 580022.

Description

Unusual little early Welsh 19th.c. highback box settle or hall seat in oak chestnut and pine c.1820. Just 40" wide.

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Tall and slightly curving backrest with a canopy top and shaped sides all designed to protect the sitter from drafts.

Collinge Antiques

Fitted (unusually) with a row of six wooden hooks inside on which to hang hats and coats etc. Shaped arms worm to particularly lovely patina. Board seat lifting on decorative iron hinges to reveal useful storage below for boots and shoes etc. Moulded oak plinth around the base. Great rustic character, very simple construction with some earlier repairs and restorations. Very good colour and condition, cleaned and waxed in our workshops.

Width: 40" (101.5 cm)

Height: 65.5" (166.5 cm)

Depth: 20" (51 cm)