Queen Anne Scottish Caqueteuse Marriage Chair, 1706
elm and pine. Probably Aberdeenshire with initials AGIF. Unusual ‘bobbin’ turned stretcher, crest very similar to a chair from Glasgow Cathedral.
H:102cm W:60cm D:48cm
Charles II Scottish Caqueteuse Marriage Chair, 1685
Scots Pine. West Aberdeenshire, Three Thistles carved on back (indicated loyalty to Stuart Dynasty), and Fear God and initials IWIR. Very rare surviving chair probably by the same hand that made a small group of chairs from Marischal College Museum and Provand's Lordship collection. Front and back stretcher and seat restored using period timber.
H:95cm W:62cm D:44cm