Lot 573
A 17th century joined oak Caquetoire style armchair
Auction: Fine Antiques
£2,040
Description
the back with scroll carved cresting above a fleur de lys emblem flanked by rosettes, the fielded panels with strapwork between stiff leaf uprights, the outswept arms on baluster supports above a solid triform seat with chip carved rail,on baluster legs united by perimeter stretchers
Dimensions
69cm wide, 102cm high, 41cm deep (height of seat 44cm)
Footnote
Provenance: The Nairn family at Earlshall Castle, Leuchars, Fife.
This chair is probably the one illustrated in the hall at Earlshall Castle in Christopher Hussey's study, The Work of Sir Robert Lorimer , published by Country Life (Londonn:1931).