Pair of Mid 19th Century Carolean Style High Back Walnut Chairs

Name: Pair of Mid 19th Century Carolean Style High Back Walnut Chairs
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA953387
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Christopher Buck Antiques Ltd.

Description

A good pair of mid 19th century Caroleon style chairs in walnut with caned seats and backs. The high backs with decorative cresting rails carved with leaves and flowerheads, flanked by upward scrolling ends which sit above the central caned splats and turned uprights on either side. The caned seats are raised on well carved and shaped legs with serpentine carved stretchers which mirror the decoration on the cresting rails.

These fine chairs have developed a warm mellow colour with excellents signs of aging. One of the turned uprights on one chairs has a charing old 'blacksmith's repair' strengthened with an iron rod fixed to the back.

Seat height 48.5cms

Physical Dimensions

Height

136.5cm (53.74")

Width

47.5cm (18.70")

Depth

48.5cm (19.09")

Declaration

Christopher Buck Antiques Ltd. has dated this piece to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA953387

Description

A good pair of mid 19th century Caroleon style chairs in walnut with caned seats and backs.

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The high backs with decorative cresting rails carved with leaves and flowerheads, flanked by upward scrolling ends which sit above the central caned splats and turned uprights on either side.

Christopher Buck Antiques Ltd.

The caned seats are raised on well carved and shaped legs with serpentine carved stretchers which mirror the decoration on the cresting rails.

fig 1. Pair of mid 19th century Carolean style high back walnut chairs — fig 1. Pair of Mid 19th Century Carolean Style High Back Walnut Chairs

These fine chairs have developed a warm mellow colour with excellents signs of aging. One of the turned uprights on one chairs has a charing old 'blacksmith's repair' strengthened with an iron rod fixed to the back.

Seat height 48.5cms