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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 345804, member: 5066&quot;]Yeah, agrees with above posts, also called an X frame folding chair or Dante chair. Here is a mid 16th century example at marhamchurch</p><p><a href="https://www.marhamchurchantiques.com/antique/16th-century-x-frame-chair/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.marhamchurchantiques.com/antique/16th-century-x-frame-chair/" rel="nofollow">https://www.marhamchurchantiques.com/antique/16th-century-x-frame-chair/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Mid 16th century walnut X frame folding chair, with five petal rose decoration in the centre of the frame and on armrests. The seat and back rest covered with a piece of 16th century Persian carpet. This is the type of chair that Henry VIII would have used throughout his palaces.</p><p><br /></p><p>Provenance: Philadelphia Museum of Art item: 1974-9-11 described as Dante Chair.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Origin:</p><p>Italy</p><p>Date:</p><p>Circa 1540 -1550</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]116808[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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