Set of Six William and Mary Side Chairs

Period

ca. 1680

Material

carved walnut, pitchwork

Sizes

(height) 124.00cm. (width) 40.00cm. (Length) 52.00cm.

Description

The chairs of of the common Dutch highbacked type with knobs on top. The chairs have S-volute shaped front legs that are connected two the back legs with crossing S-volute shaped supports. Where the legs cross we see a turned knob.
The chairs are decorated with carved acanthus. The high backs of the chairs are decorated with turned balusters and decorations of acanthus.
Around 1650 a new type of chair developed that was made by woodcarvers rather than cabinetmakers. Mostly tables are manufactured in this new way with voluted and carved legs, but here we see a set of chairs in the same manner. The abundant carved decoration has only two motives; volutes and acanthus, that are applied with great variation.