Chair

This caned chair bears strong similarities to an example thought to have been made by Richard Price of London. It is highly characteristic of fashionable chairs of the mid-1680s.

Walnut armchair with a cane seat and back, rectangular block and spiral back legs, spiral and block front legs, curved arms, and a carved and pierced top rail, 1680 - 1685

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Online ID:	000-100-104-334-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.KNB 39
Date:	1680 - 1685 Between 1680 and 1685
Material:	Wood, walnut and cane
Dimensions:	44.30" H x 23.60" front W x 19.25" back W x 20.00" arm L
What:	Armchair
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References:	Adam Bowett. The English 'horsebone' chair, 1685-1710. The Burlington Magazine 1154 (May 1999). p 263 Christopher Gilbert. Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall. Volume 1. Leeds, 1978. p 72
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