Museum
Panel-back armchair

Description
A 19th century panel-back armchair of caqueteuse form. Made in 1890 by James Plucknett and Co of Warwick as a replica of the chair in which Shakespeare is said to have sat when he wrote most of his plays. The oak is from Warwick Castle with a small diamond-shaped piece of wood from Shakespeare's Birthplace inserted into the seat. The shaped cresting rail above a chanel moulded top rail which itself sits above a panel carved with an arch filled with an architectural scene. The panel-back flanked by chamfered uprights with a chanel moulded bottom rail that matches the top rail. The shaped flat arms above baluster and peg supports; the two-plank(?) seat raised on moulded rails and column turned front and plain back legs. The plain front and rear stretchers joined in the middle by a single profile shaped stretcher. The original chair is in the collection of the National Trust at Anglesey Abbey (NT514449).