X-frame armchair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1600 - 1625
Materials
Ebonised beech or walnut, textile
Measurements
88 cm (H); 61 cm (W); 39 cm (D)
Place of origin
England
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Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 995848
Summary
An ebonised beech or walnut and needlework upholstered X frame chair, English, early 17th century. With an arched padded back continuing to arms held by twin supports and with a padded seat raised on shaped legs joined by conforming side stretchers. The whole of the upper section upholstered in a needlework upholstery.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust with the family collection of Lacock Abbey contents in situ from Mrs. Petronella Burnett-Brown in December 2009.