Oak X-framed armchair with scrolled arms and upholstered seat and back.
Identifier
FPF377
Title
Oak X-framed armchair with scrolled arms and upholstered seat and back.
Date
1931
Description
A replica carved oak armchair with an X-frame, scrolled arms and upholstered seat and back.
Full Description
This oak chair has an arched upholstered back with a dished feature at the top of the arch. The arms are carved, down-swept and scrolled at the ends, resting on supports which are extensions of the front X-frame. The square seat is upholstered and has a deep cushion. The legs are X-frames, the front frame carved with leaves and the back frame plain. There is a large carved roundel at the centre of the front frame and turned H-stretchers. A single turned stretcher also joins the front and back X-frame.
This is a copy of a chair acquired by Frederick Parker & Sons in Rouen, France in 1926, now in the Collection (FPF026), almost certainly bought as a genuine Renaissance chair, but although it has fine 17th century arms the rest was made in the 19th century.
The present chair was made by Frederick Parker & Sons in the 1931 as a copy of the fake French Renaissance chair (FPF026), which in turn was a revival of a classical form originating from Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. X-framed chairs were folding chairs owned by high status individuals from ancient times into the late medieval period. They were revived in the Renaissance period and reproduced in the 17th century and later. The later versions were not folding, and were often, like this example, fitted with upholstery.
This is a copy of a chair acquired by Frederick Parker & Sons in Rouen, France in 1926, now in the Collection (FPF026), almost certainly bought as a genuine Renaissance chair, but although it has fine 17th century arms the rest was made in the 19th century.
The present chair was made by Frederick Parker & Sons in the 1931 as a copy of the fake French Renaissance chair (FPF026), which in turn was a revival of a classical form originating from Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. X-framed chairs were folding chairs owned by high status individuals from ancient times into the late medieval period. They were revived in the Renaissance period and reproduced in the 17th century and later. The later versions were not folding, and were often, like this example, fitted with upholstery.
Condition
In original 1930s condition, upholstery fabric now faded.
Materials
Oak.
Upholstery.
Upholstery.
Physical Dimensions
H. 100
W. 63
D. 74
W. 63
D. 74
Parker Numbers
3244 or 3224
Provenance
Made by Frederick Parker & Sons in 1931, valued £11.15.0.
Notes
See FPF026 in the Frederick Parker Collection. See also FPF467 for another X-frame chair.
For a similar chair in the V& A, see W.12-1928, an X-frame armchair made in 1661 for William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury at the coronation of Charles II. See also W.6-1958, an English X- frame chair, c. 1720, and W.13-1989 for a 19th century Swedish reproduction.
For a similar chair in the V& A, see W.12-1928, an X-frame armchair made in 1661 for William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury at the coronation of Charles II. See also W.6-1958, an English X- frame chair, c. 1720, and W.13-1989 for a 19th century Swedish reproduction.
