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A Large Named Hooded Orkney Chair

Stock No

32808

Member since
2013
  • £2,500.00
  • €3,012 Euro
  • $3,141 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 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

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