Caqueteuse
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1575 - circa 1600
Materials
Carved, turned and joined walnut
Measurements
131 x 65.5 x 39.5 cm
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245855.4
Summary
A caqueteuse, one of a group of four similar caqueteuses, French, last quarter of the 16th century. All with differences in carved designs and the manner of their turnings. This chair with a scroll-cut, scroll-carved and pierced cresting above a fielded back panel carved with an angel with outswept feathery wings above scrolling foliage and flowers either side of a central baluster. The rails carved with pendant foliage and carved with stylised motifs beneath the joint with the arms, which are outswept and end in circular terminals. Raised on two pairs of baluster-, cup- and reel-turned arm supports. The seat boarded around the arm supports and with moulded edge. The front seat rail carved. The front legs turned in the same manner as the arm supports, and each with a bun foot, are joined by a broad moulded front stretcher. The rear supports plain and rectangular-section, and with similar side and rear stretchers. Some parts restored and/or replaced.
Provenance
The bequest of Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald - later Dame Margaret - Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942) from probate records linked with the donation of the property to the National Trust in 1943. This item found on the record for Polesden Lacey The Corridor, page 8.