A Handsome Mid 17th Century Oak Armchair. The twinned scroll cresting rail carved with sweeping leaves and surmounted by three urn finials. The back panel enriched with scrolling stems of leaves and flowers featuring a fanned bloom to the top displayed against a cut-away punch-worked ground. The arms on round turned posts leading to a plank seat with moulded edge above a lunette carved front rail, elevated on turned columnar legs united by peripheral stretchers, 47'' (120 cm) high, 24'' (61 cm) wide, the seat 22'' (56 cm) high.**

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