A Dutch Baroque carved walnut and caned armchair, circa 1700

the oval scroll-carved backrest between turned uprights with finials, the scrollings arms on conforming legs and scrolled front and cross-stretchers, with later velvet upholstery; together with a similar chair

The larger, elegantly carved armchair in good condition with the usual marks and minor scratches consistent with age and use. Some damage to the caned back rest. Some traces of old woodworm, no longer active. The later velvet upholstery in good condition with only minor wear and staining. The smaller chair with marks and scratches consistent with age and use and an attractive patina to the carved walnut surface. With a repaired break to the stretcher and the front frieze. The chair has been re caned. With faint traces of old woodworm, no longer active. Some light movement.
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Related literature:

G. Nares, "Newtorn Surmaville, Somerset - III", Country Life, 19 September 1952, p. 845, 846, figs. 3 and 5, in the Tapestry Room

Two armchairs with a remarkably similar decorative language to the present chair, from the collection at Newtorn Surmaville, described as 'Anglo-Dutch', were sold Sotheby's London, 5 March 2008, lot 361. See A. Feulner, Kunstgeschichte des möbels, Berlin, 1927, p. 155, fig. 151 for a comparable armchair described as French Louis XIII, in the Louvre, Paris.