17th Century English Jacobean Armchair

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques are delighted to offer this original early 17th century Jacobean Wainscot armchair with Tudor style panelling Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it covers within the M25 only for the UK and local Europe only for international, if you would like an accurate quote, please send me your postcode and I’ll provide you with the exact price. A good early original piece, hand carved, very naïve by today's standards but at the time this would have been considered very ornate. Condition wise for the period is sublime, this chair is so tactile, and the patina is to die for, think how many hundreds and maybe thousands of people have used this chair, how many centuries of love and use it took to get looking like this. It is the best part of 380+ years old from new Dimensions: Height 103.5cm seat height 41cm Width 59.5cm Depth 54cm Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point.  ABOUT US Royal House Antiques is a privately owned family ran business founded in Wimbledon SW19 and now based in Pulborough RH20. We specialise in finding, restoring very Fine luxury antique leather seating...

During the first half of the seventeenth century chairs evolve towards a new model today known as Louis XIII foreshadowing the armchair. Chairs adopt a widen and lower silhouette. Horizontal lines prevail. Cushions disappear supplanted by horse hair upholstery. This chair stands on four feet linked by an H-shaped spacer and a frontal cross-bar. Legs, spacers, cross-bar and arm-rests are all turned as rosary beads...