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: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.KNB 39
• Date: 1680 - 1685
  Between 1680 and 1685
  
• Material: Wood, walnut and cane
  Armchair
  
• 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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  • 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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