A Charles I joined oak caquetoire armchair, Salisbury, circa 1625.

The tall plain fielded back panel, beneath a scrolled top rail, and embellished with ball finials, the outsplayed angular arms on columnar-turned front supports, the trapezoid-shaped seat on moulded rails, the columnar-turned fore-legs joined by moulded box stretcher.

Chairs from this regional group, Salisbury, are amongst the most distinctive survivals of early joinery, with their consistent construction and ornament placing them firmly within the same regional workshop tradition.

The seat is a later replacement and it has been tipped at the back with traces of old worm.

Dimensions:

25.5" (65cm) Wide.

18" (45cm) Deep.

47" (120cm) High.

19" (48cm) High to seat.

Provenance:

Purchased from a private Salisbury collection.

Ex Michael Dann Collection (author of The English Smile).

Literature:
See Victor Chinnery, ‘Oak Furniture: The British Tradition’ (2016) pp.405-413 for a full discussion of the Salisbury group workshops and similar examples. And Tobias Jellinek, ‘Early British Chairs and Seats 1500–1700’ (2009), for further examples p.108 & p.109.