Posts Tagged ‘17th century’
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Antique 17th-18th Century Walnut Chair - William and Mary Period Walnut Armchair - A Queen Anne Period Country Walnut Chair - George II Period Mahogany Chair Furniture
Late 17th century walnut chair with velvet upholstery. Shaped stretchers and carved bulbs on legs.
Quality of execution of legs and stretchers
Late 17th century - William and Mary period - [...]
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Antique Oak Chair, Country Oak Chairs, Charles II Armchairs
Mid-17th Century chair in oak, with elaborately carved back.
The earlier 17th century forms of chair were not dissimilar from this, with the exception of the elaborate winged scrolls on the uprights. Earlier chairs tended to be simpler, with square backs and the decorative areas were less [...]
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
CHAIRS: BACK-STOOLS, FARTHINGALES, CANED AND OTHER 17THC SEATS
About 1615-1700
Typical upholstered farthingale chair.
The 17thC saw the widespread introduction of the single chair, referred to at the time as a `back-stool’, literally a stool with a back. Fixed upholstery sometimes replaced loose cushions and after 1660 woven canework introduced from the East Indies was fashionably seen on [...]
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Saturday, October 24th, 2009
1700`s ENGLISH CHAIRS — late 17th century, lighter ‘Anglo Dutch’ designs - antique upholstered or caned chairs - oak chair with cabriole legs - small upholstered antique wooden chair claw foot- mahogany chairs - cabriole legs ebony chair in walnut
In the 1600`s lighter antique upholstered or caned chairs came into fashion. The backs were supported [...]
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Saturday, October 24th, 2009
CHAIRS — antique oak dining chairs, English
walnut dining chair - oak dining chairs - Carolean dining chair - Yorkshire/Derbyshire oak dining chair - 17th century oak chairs - cabriole leg black wooden wooden chairs
By the mid-seventeenth century single antique oak dining chairs instead of carved wood chair dining table upholstered came into vogue for diners [...]
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