{"product_id":"english-oak-joined-armchair","title":"English Oak Joined Armchair","description":"\u003cp\u003eHeight 42½ in., width 24¼ in., depth 21½ in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn English Oak Joined Armchair, Dated 1676\u003cbr\u003eThe crest rail engraved \"16 · I · C · 76\" — the date split around the owner's initials in the standard convention of late seventeenth-century English oak. The \"I\" follows period letterform usage, in which I and J were not yet distinguished; the same initial would be written J today.     The form is a joined armchair — sometimes called a wainscot armchair, after the paneled construction of its back — built of riven oak with pegged mortise-and-tenon joints throughout. The single rectangular back panel is carved with a stylized leaf or palm-spray rising from the base of an arched reserve, the leaf veined with parallel gouge-cuts to either side of a central spine. The crest rail above carries the inscription within a framed register. The downswept arms terminate in carved scrolls and rest on turned baluster supports continuous with the front legs; the rear stiles are plain, as is customary. The plank seat sits within a moulded seat rail. The four legs are joined by peripheral box stretchers.\u003cbr\u003eThe basic type — joined armchair with panel-back — appeared in the sixteenth century and produced regional variants throughout the seventeenth, the panel back, plank seat, turned baluster front legs, and peripheral stretcher arrangement remaining standard across the tradition (Victoria and Albert Museum, accession W.39-1922 and related; Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture: The British Tradition, Antique Collectors' Club, the standard reference). The dated-and-initialed crest rail is a documented convention of the period and is found across chests, court cupboards, and chairs, frequently marking ownership, a marriage, or a household event. Restrained single-motif back panels of this kind — one carved figure rather than the densely worked lozenges, tulips, or scroll-and-berry compositions associated with the Yorkshire\/Leeds tradition — are generally taken to indicate provincial work or a less elaborate commission rather than a metropolitan or specialist joiner's shop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: H: 42 1\/2 in. x W: 24 1\/4 in. x D: 21 1\/2 in.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Antiquarian at Greenwich","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43821650935926,"sku":"262944","price":3900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1678\/5615\/files\/935ee5cd-3a0b-4ad2-9597-7e350911b780.png?v=1783881291","url":"https:\/\/www.averydash.com\/products\/english-oak-joined-armchair","provider":"Avery \u0026 Dash Collections","version":"1.0","type":"link"}