£480
Scottish furniture. An Orkney straw-backed lady's chair, D M Kirkness of Kirkwall, late 19th c, the frame of oak with back of black oat straw sewn with bent grass, the drop in seat 'rushed' with thicker strands of bent grass, pottery castors, seat height 41cm
Comparative Literature: Cotton (B D) - Scottish Vernacular Furniture, 2008, fig.474
Good condition for age, unrestored with old accretion of dust and dirt, a sound example
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