Antique 19thC Set 6 Carved Caned Jacobean Barley Twist Walnut Dining Chairs 1870 Decorative Arts the Portland Art Museum

the Portland Art Museum

finely inlaid with fruitwood and satinwood marquetry

the sides having corresponding featherbanded panels

17 cm X 11 cm

The portrait depicts a young girl wearing a white dress and a muslin bonnet with blue ribbons the painting is signed and dated lower right "J

Antique 19thC Set 6 Carved Caned Jacobean Barley Twist Walnut Dining Chairs 1870 Decorative Arts the Portland Art MuseumAn exceptional and highly decorative set of six antique carved walnut Jacobean Revival dining chairs in excellent condition, circa 1870. Each high back chair having a pair of 'Barley Twist' columns' surmounted with a turned finials. The backs have panels with finely carved and reticulated borders inset with a caned panel. All the caning is tight and in remarkably excellent condition and will support the most substantial sitter. The seats are