A pair of early 17th century joined walnut open-back chairs, Anglo-French, possibly Guernsey, circa 1630


Carved with the arms of Sir Henry D'Anvers, Earl of Danby, (1573 - 1643)Each having a shaped boarded cresting rail carved with the quartered arms of Henry D'Anvers: quarterly first and fourth, [gules], a chevron between three mullets of six points pierced [or], second and third, [gules] on a saltire [argent] an annulet [sable], all beneath the coronet of an earl, the round-ended uprights carved with a bell-flower and strap-work pendant, the stuff-over seat raised on columnar-turned front legs, joined all round by plain stretchers, 57cm wide x 48.5cm deep x 100cm high, (22in wide x 19in deep x 39in high) (2)