Walnut Open Armchair with Needlepoint Seat circa 1745

A 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"