A James I joined walnut and upholstered open-armchair, circa 1620
Having a part-open rectangular padded back and stuff-over seat upholstered in modern crewel-work floral fabric, the downswept open arms on inverted-baluster-turned front supports, the front legs with similar elongated turnings, joined all round by plain stretchers, restorations, 62cm wide x 63cm deep x 108cm high, (24in wide x 24 1/2in deep x 42 1/2in high)
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A related chair, from the collection of the Marquis of Anglesey, Beaudesert, Warwickshire, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, [Museum No. W.30-1923]. The chair's oak frame, originally upholstered in leather, now has woollen Turkey-work covers. The covers are designed so that the back meets the seat, but originally the bottom of the back would have been just below the arms, thereby leaving a gap above the seat, as found here. The chair is illustrated in Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture: The British Tradition (2016), p. 103, fig. 2:140d. Open-framed upholstered chairs of this type were almost certainly made in large numbers throughout the 17th century, however, as the author remarks, 'few examples have survived to reinforce any impression of warmth and comfort in the furnishings of this period'.