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The Falcon Inn Chair

Description

An early 17th-century oak panel-back armchair; the scrolled carved cresting above a floral-carved panel set within a strapwork-carved frame with applied inner mouldings; the scrolled arms raised on baluster-turned supports; the single-plank moulded and shaped seat on shaped and carved rails; with baluster-turned legs and plain stretchers; old label glued on back of panel: 'Chair from the Falcon Inn, Bidford where Shakespeare held his Club meetings'; English, Gloucestershire or Warwickshire, about 1630; extensive worm damage to base and rear of seat, turned finials missing, applied mouldings replaced, right arm-support repaired.

Thought at one time to have been used by Shakespeare, who allegedly drank at the Falcon Inn. The date of production makes this supposition implausible.

  • Object number

    STRST : SBT 1865-5

  • Date

    c. 1630

  • Material

    wood oak

  • Measurements

  • Height

    1.14 metres

  • Marks & inscriptions

    label : glued : back of panel : : Chair from the Falcon Inn, Bidford where Shakespeare held his Club meetings,

  • Location

    Shakespeare's Birthplace - Exhibition room

  • Credit line

    CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust