An early joined oak back stool or Farthingale chair.
This term is derived from the farthingale hoops worn by Elizabethan ladies to create their voluminous skirts.
These chairs were of a design to more easily accomodate this fashion.
The block & ball turned front legs united by a barley twist stretcher.
An ideal accompaniment to a bureau with it's slightly higher seat level typical of chairs prior to 1650.
Approximately 350 years old, surviving from the mid 17th century in remarkably good condition!
£1250

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