Lot 2
  • 2

A Charles II oak panel back armchair, Yorkshire circa 1680

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description

  • Oak
the boarded seat branded M.S., the turned and blocked legs ending in later castors

Provenance

Possibly Fryston Hall, Ferrybridge, Yorkshire

Literature

‘West Horsley Place II’, Country Life, 1 April 1939, p. 330, illustrated in the Geraldine Room.

Condition

Restorations and repairs. Cresting with losses to one 'ear' and another has become detached having been previously repaired. With wood and iron strengthening brackets to the reverse. Rear legs re-tipped. The seat appears original with a small later well matched section. Good colour and surface.
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