A Charles I joined oak caquetoire armchair, Salisbury, circa 1620.

The tall back panel later carved with a double S-scroll design, beneath a top rail carved with conforming circles embellished with ball finials, the outsplayed angular arms on columnar-turned front supports later carved with a branching trail of leaves, the trapezoid-shaped seat also with conforming circle carved rails, the columnar-turned fore-legs again later carved, joined by plain stretchers all round.

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.

Dimensions:

25.5" (65cm) Wide.

16.5" (42cm) Deep.

41.5" (105cm) High.

19"    (48cm)   High to seat.

Provenance:

Recently purchased from a private Salisbury collection.

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.