Open armchair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1680
Materials
Walnut, needlework.
Measurements
106 x 65 x 54 cm
Place of origin
Flanders (Belgium from 1830)
Order this imageCollection
Trerice, Cornwall
NT 336729
Summary
A walnut framed high-back open armchair, Franco-Flemish, circa 1680, the back upholstered in polychrome gros-point needlework and depicting a hunting scene, the section for the seat is stored for safety, with moulded downswept arms on S scroll supports, with similar legs joined by wavy X-shaped stretchers centred with a floral rosette.