Backstool
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Oak
Measurements
113 x 45.5 x 36.5 cm
Place of origin
Wales
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Egryn Abbey, Gwynedd
NT 93741
Summary
A joined oak backstool or side chair, Welsh, circa 1700. With a shaped top rail and slatted back above a panelled seat and raised on turned baluster legs tied by stretchers, the front stretcher matching the top rail.
Provenance
Part of a collection of furniture and ceramics bequeathed to the National Trust in 2004 by Gaynor Mair Cemlyn-Jones.