Walnut Open Armchair with Needlepoint Seat circa 1745 baroque are polychromatic and done in

are polychromatic and done in vivid colors

the top with carved ostrich feathers over a projecting tasseled tambrequin between a broken scroll pediment

who would have brought it from Singleton Abbey in Swansea

Penwork is the process of applying India ink decoration to a japanned surface and the borders and feet are all dichromatic

Circa 1735

Walnut Open Armchair with Needlepoint Seat circa 1745 baroque are polychromatic and done inA superb and large scale English walnut open armchair with excellent color having a shaped crest rail, solid splat back with outward scrolled arms terminating in scrolls with veneered rails having cabriole legs in the front with carved shells terminating in ball and claw feet with a drop in needlework seat with 18th century needlepoint, restored and cut from a larger section. One block replaced. Circa 1740. Ht. 39", Width 30", Depth 20", Seat ht. 19"