Antique Victorian Oak Glastonbury Chair C1880 Wdb6113/29.11

Glastonbury chair is a 19th century term for an earlier wooden chair, usually of oak, possibly based on a chair made for Richard Whiting, the last Abbot of Glastonbury, England. The Glastonbury chair was known to exist since the Early Middle Ages, but seems to have disappeared from use in part of the Later Middle Ages;[1] it re-emerged in use in Italy by the 15th century AD.

It was made originally in Britain from a description brought back from Rome in 1504 by Abbot Richard Beere to Glastonbury Abbey, and was produced for or by John Arthur Thorne, a monk who was the treasurer[2] at the abbey. Arthur perished on Glastonbury Tor in 1539, hung, drawn and quartered alongside his master, Richard Whiting, the last Abbot of Glastonbury, during the dissolution of the monasteries. The Abbot sat on a Glastonbury chair during his trial at Bishop's Palace, Wells, where one of the two original surviving examples can still be seen, together with other chairs of this age and later victorian reproductions.

An example of this chair is also in the V & A museum. If you wish further information on the chair please type 'glastonbury chair' into your browser.

WE ARE PLEASED TO OFFER UP THIS PARTICULAR CHAIR WHICH IS AN EXACT VICTORIAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL CHAIR AND DATING FROM AORUND THE LATE 1800'S AND IS MADE IN THE ORIGINAL MANNER AND WEDGE JOINED.

IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH A LOVELY DEEP COLOUR AND PATINATION TO THE OAK

MEASURES: 35" HIGH X SEAT HEIGHT 18" X 27" DEEP X 20" WIDE

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