Museum
Panel-back armchair
Description
A mid 17th century oak panel-back armchair; the cresting carved with a central boss flanked by S-scroll dragons above lunettes and the carved date 1640; the large panel carved with an arch filled with a palmette; flanked by scrolled arms on column-turned supports; the two-plank seat on lunette-carved rails; above column-turned legs and plain stretchers; English, Gloucestershire, c.1640; the earpieces and strip to rear of seat plank replaced, later underbracing to seat, feet cut, side and seat trimmed.
