Chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1770 - 1790
Materials
Oak
Measurements
96 cm (H); 48 cm (W); 38 cm (D)
Place of origin
Wales
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Plas Yn Rhiw, Gwynedd
NT 647906.1
Summary
One of a set of four oak chairs, Welsh, possibly Pembrokeshire, late 18th century. Each with a pierced back splat and shaped top rail above a solid seat and raised on square section legs tied by stretchers. For a comparable example with a near identical back splat see Bebb, Richard 'Welsh Furniture1250-1950'.
Provenance
The property was given to the Trust as part of the Plas yn Rhiw estate between 1950 and 1966 by Eileen, Lorna and Honora Keating in memory of their parents, John William and Constance Annie Keating.
References
Bebb, Richard - Welsh Furniture 1250-1950 Saer Books 2007, fig.667