Live Auction 4607Christie's Interiors - Masters & Makers
A CHARLES II OAK ARMCHAIR
Lot 16

A CHARLES II OAK ARMCHAIR

LATE 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY DERBYSHIRE

Closed6 March 2012

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GBP 4,375

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A CHARLES II OAK ARMCHAIR
LATE 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY DERBYSHIRE
The scrolling toprail with initials ISI below a coronet and with side ears, the panel with stylised tree and leaf design, with downswept arms and baluster legs
47 in. (120 cm.) high; seat 18 in. (46 cm.) high

This chair was purchased in the 1970's from the barber shop in Beighton on the Sitwell Estate in North Derbyshire. Beighton is near Renishaw Hall, the seat of the Sitwell family, to whom the monogram may have some connection.