A Large Named Hooded Orkney Chair
Stock No
32808
2013
- £2,500.00
- €3,015 Euro
- $3,187 US Dollar
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Item Description
Circa 1980 A large mahogany and inlaid hooded Orkney chair signed by ‘Robert Harcus Towers’. The straw back with hood tied off with marram grass, fixed to mahogany uprights, with a drop in marram grass seat, shaped arms supported by simple uprights, fixed to the frame with brass screws. An inlaid drawer with cast brass swan handles and checkered inlay, the inlay occurs on the sides and the back of the chair also, the chair rest on square legs with a slight chamfer on the insides, known in the local dialect as a ‘heided stool’.
Item Info
Seller
Seller Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, Scotland
Item Dimensions
H: 145cm W: 63cm D: 44cm
Period
Circa 1980
Item Location
United Kingdom
Seller Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, Scotland
Item Location
United Kingdom
Seller Contact No
+44 (0)131 5537286
+44 (0)7836 283669