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Chair, carved, reclaimed, volutes ornament, Renaissance style. CHAIR with a board seat and a high backrest composed of two boards with a wavy, openwork edge, supported by four straight, angular legs, the rear ones merging into slightly rearward-sloping backrest stiles. Legs fastened with casement binding with angular joints; front legs additionally joined at mid-height by a decorative board shaped analogously to the backrest boards carved with C- and S-shaped acanthus leaves, with single rectangular fields framed with inlaid veining. Side frames angular and narrow; front carved with a lower outline repeating the edge of the backrest boards and front legs. Seat edge profiled as a half-cylinder with a step. Finials of the side backrest frames in the form of a volute. Early 17th century; 4th quarter of the 19th century. Southern Germany ; Lombardy . Piece of furniture, seating piece. Height 121.5 cm; width 51 cm; depth 45.2 cm., A tall wooden chair with a high back featuring decorative cutout panels and turned finials at the top, finished in medium to dark brown tones with visible wood grain and some darker patches; the seat is flat wood in a similar brown, supported by straight square legs and stretchers showing signs of wear and varied brown hues; a decorative cutout panel is also set between the lower rails on the side, and the background is a smooth off-white to light gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A15_271

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Keywords

Chair carved reclaimed volutes ornament Renaissance style board seat high backrest composed two boards wavy openwork edge supported four straight angular legs rear ones merging slightly rearward-sloping backrest stiles Legs fastened casement binding angular joints front legs additionally joined mid-height decorative board shaped analogously backrest boards carved C- S-shaped acanthus leaves single rectangular fields framed inlaid veining Side frames angular narrow front carved lower outline repeating edge backrest boards front legs Seat edge profiled half-cylinder step Finials side backrest frames form volute Early 17th century 4th quarter 19th century Southern Germany Lombardy Piece furniture seating piece Height 121.5 cm width 51 cm depth 45.2 cm tall wooden chair high back featuring decorative cutout panels turned finials top finished medium dark brown tones visible wood grain darker patches seat flat wood brown straight square legs stretchers showing signs wear varied brown hues decorative cutout panel also set lower rails side background smooth off-white light gray.