Jacobean oak turner's chair, early/mid 17th c., with exuberantly turned crest rail with typical baluster, ball, ring and sausage turned back and arm rests, above a triangular seat supported by massive front legs joined by stretchers, retains an old, possibly original dry painted surface. For further discussion, see Follansbee, American Furniture, 1998, edited by Beckerdite, pg. 197. Height loss. Sporadic worm damage.