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Chair
Armchair or throne, oak, the front legs in the form of clustered columns, back legs plain; front and side rails ornamented with quatrefoils flanking a horizontal spindle motif; arms supported on a cusped four-centred arch, sides of seat with five upstanding trefoils; open back with similar trefoils below an arcade of six gothic arches; top arched and cusped over four trefoils and an inserted scallop shell. Sides repaired (metal insertions) and legs probably reduced by about 5 cm (2"). Execution reasonable but not exceptional quality; with a modern crimson velvet squab on the boarded seat.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 50630
Acquisition
Gift, 11/9/1993
Given by Kyffin Williams OBE RA
Measurements
Height
(cm): 123.8
diam
(cm): 73.5
Width
(cm): 66
Height
(in): 48
diam
(in): 28
Width
(in): 26
Material
oak
Location
In store
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