Wainscot chair
Category
Furniture
Date
1640 - 1660
Materials
Painted oak
Measurements
106.0 x 54.0 x 52.0 cm
Place of origin
England
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Knole, Kent
NT 129569
Summary
A mid-seventeenth century English oak wainscot chair, painted black, the panelled back of which is surmounted by scrolling cresting. The scroll arms are jointed to solid seat by turned uprights. The whole is supported on turned legs and rectangular stretchers.
Provenance
Knole and the majority of its furniture were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust in 1946.