Webberley Antiques has dated this piece to the Before 1700 period.
The high back with a carved top rail of stylised birds with central stylised tulip.
The front stretcher beautifully carved to echo this design.
The back splat stamped verso T.L (the chair maker's initials). The splat is a very well shaped heavily chamfered fielded panel.
The front legs ring and bulb turned and the whole with original pegged joints.
Double sided stretchers and rear stretcher are original also.
The chair is stable and the colour of the oak, as with all early Welsh oak, is wonderful.
The joiner and carver were clearly skilled and experienced craftsmen and made a chair that day in the 1660s which has lasted in superior condition and used by generation after generation for around 350 years.
Heavy and robust without weakness or movement at the joints, completely usable
A really good and handsome mid 17th century chair.
Dimensions are:
19 inches wide, 18 inches deep and 45 inches high.
Floor to seat is 18 inches
For metric please multiply by 2.5
Webberley Antiques has dated this piece to the Before 1700 period.
Specialists in 18th century and earlier furniture for more than 45 years
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Wonderful 17th Century Welsh Oak Chair - Initialled C. 1660
