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Armchair

Dateca. 1700

OriginEngland

MediumBeech and cane

DimensionsOH: 50 3/4: OW: 26"; D: 24 3/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1930-216

DescriptionArmchair; Cresting rail tennoned in between uprights; consist of two 6 scrolls enclosing four-petalled flower flanking central leaf design over arched top of cane panel. Uprights turned in vase, block, and ring pattern; surmounted by acorn finial. Stiles flanking cane panel carved with C-scroll and leaves, as is rail at base. Shaped arms with "ram's horn" terminal supported in front by vase-and-ring turned tops of front legs. Seat frame with moulded edge; cane panel. Carved front stretcher similar in design to cresting rail; side stretchers vase, block, and ring-turned, as is medial stretcher. Stretcher between rear legs set high; similarly turned. Back legs block-and-round below seat; "kick out" slightly at base. Front legs turned above stretcher; below carved in flattened and elongated C-scroll which faces out at 45 degree angle; is supported by small segmented cone.ProvenanceEx Coll: Howard Reifsnyder; Noted from Trenton, New Jersey.