Antique Country Furniture 18thc Painted Pine "Chicken Coup" Settle. English. C1700-20.

Name: Antique Country Furniture 18thc Painted Pine "Chicken Coup" Settle. English. C1700-20.
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA911300
Availability: SoldOut

18th century

Sold by Mark Seabrook Antiques

Description

I thought I had seen every type of furniture, until I saw this rare little survivor...it is known as a "chicken coup" settle....simply because it would have been in a country cottage, probably a farmworkers and in the evening he would have put his chickens under the seat and they would have been kept there by a slatted cage with a slatted door, which was all part of the settle...if you look at the pictures, you can see where the slats were fixed under the seat and would have come down to the floor and been fixed into the bottom stretcher ....the right hand side was part of the slatted door and note the hole in the front of the seat where it was locked....also I like the old hand made iron staple (each end), knocked into either side, so it could be tethered down....the bottom stretcher and the slats have been missing for sometime, but we are left with a very useful little pine settle with original paintwork and what a provenance..!

English. C1700-20.

Physical Dimensions

Height

73cm (28.74")

Width

97.2cm (38.27")

Depth

38.1cm (15.00")

Declaration

Mark Seabrook Antiques has dated this piece to the 18th Century.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA911300

Dealers Internal Reference

MS 7485

Dealers Notes

Payment can be made by Bank Transfer , all you will need are my Bank Details, which I will send you or off line by Credit / Debit card ,..... e-mail or telephone your card details (long card number, expiry date and three security digits on the reverse of the card) through to me and I will do the rest .

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Description

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if you look at the pictures, you can see where the slats were fixed under the seat and would have come down to the floor and been fixed into the bottom stretcher.

Mark Seabrook Antiques

....the right hand side was part of the slatted door and note the hole in the front of the seat where it was locked....also I like the old hand made iron staple (each end), knocked into either side, so it could be tethered down....the bottom stretcher and the slats have been missing for sometime, but we are left with a very useful little pine settle with original paintwork and what a provenance..!

English. C1700-20.