Marriage seat. A large, heavy wooden chair with a low seat, high back and arms. The back is carved with the initials E and S, the date 1630, decorative scrolls at the top and in the middle a panel with interlocking lines of a large diamond and circles, with a rose at the centre.

ABDUA:18009

Oak chair from Stirling. Lady's marriage chair, the seat is wider at the front and has a tall, narrow, carved back with interlace lozenge, leaves and roses surrounded by oak leaves, and open, curved arms. The initials E S 1630 are carved on the back. MS notes ' A lady's chair by the lozenge in the back ornament ES 1630. From Stirling. Dark oak with flashes of brown. Traces of renaissance ornament on the top.'
Inscription: ES 1630

Early: 1630 Late: 1630

wood oak wood, carved turned carpentered, H: 1065 mm W: 535 mm

Physical Object

Europe, Scotland, Central, Stirling Stirlingshire

Acquisition Source: Davidson, George