Image: A Grand Baroque Armchair (Seating Furniture, Ref. 1764) Image: A Grand Baroque Armchair (Seating Furniture, Ref. 1764)

A Grand Baroque Armchair

Northern Germany, circa 1690

Carved walnut, traces of the original gilding. Gobelin.

Height: 132 cm (52 inch) | Width: 66 cm (26 inch) | Depth: 62 cm (24.4 inch)

Ref No: 1764

Fine tall German late 17th century baroque walnut throne armchair with a rectangular arched padded back and seat covered in 17th century Gobelin depicting ‘Susanna and the Elders’ with fringed edge, flanked by downscrolled foliate-carved armrests each terminating in an unusual dragon head, on turned columnar stiles and legs, joined by a X-stretcher. Some traces of parcel-gilt and painted decoration.