ENGLISH, CHARLES II PERIOD
ARMCHAIR, SOMERSET, MID-17TH CENTURY
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Auction: 19 March 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
inscribed WF/ 1667, oak, with carved decoration
Dimensions
118cm high, 61cm wide, 55cm deep (46 ½in high, 23 ¾in wide, 21 ¾in deep)
Provenance
St. Dunstan's Church, Baltonsborough, Somerset.
Formerly on loan to Barrington Court, Barrington, near Ilminster, Somerset.
Bonhams, London, 24 February 2016, lot 353
Footnote
The records of St. Dunstan's Churchwarden's accounts date back to 1663, yet there is no mention of the acquisition or donation of this chair. Two parishioners with matching initials are William Fontaine and William Foxwell. In the 1687 churchwarden's accounts, Martin Foxwell is noted as having been paid to "break the chancel ground" for the burial of William. Additionally, a William Fontaine, son of William Fontaine, was christened in the church in 1610.