17th century The highly-curved round-cornered top-rail pipe joined to the stiles, which continue through the seat frame to become the back legs, the elongated round-cornered S-shaped arms mitred, mortised and tenoned to the stiles and pipe-joined to the posts, similarly continuing through the seat to become the front legs, the sockets in the seat frame and the underside of the arms supported by a pair of tapering S-shaped circular supports, the back splat with two beaded-edged stretchers mortised and tenoned to the underside of the top rail and the back rail of the seat frame, further divided into three sections with a pair of horizontal beads-edged mitred stretchers, the top inset with a reticulated panel decorated with a foliate design above a central burlwood panel and a cusped leaf-shaped apron below the lower stretcher, the seat frame of standard mitre, mortise and tenon construction with the edge slightly curving and tenons exposed on the short rails, a plain apron with mitred spandrels butt-joined to the underside and tongue-and-grooved to the legs beneath the seat, the sides and back with similar aprons, the legs joined in front by a shaped footrest above an apron, each side fitted with a pair of oval stretchers flattened on the underside, the back with a similar single stretcher. 93cm high (36 5/8in) x 56.3cm (22 1/8in) wide x 45.3cm (18in) deep.