Frame Chairs

The earliest frame chairs had solid box frames filled with carved panelling.

	M1 Low Box-framed chair £65
	M2 High Box-framed Chair £80
	M30 Cathedral Chair £100

later frame chairs used a lighter frame, with an open base and turned legs.

	E1 Frame chair A £75
	E2 Frame Chair B £75
	Carqueteuse meant gossiping chair, and was the lady's version of the more solid frame chair, reserved for the master of the house. E3 Carqueteuse £65
	Monk's chairs had nothing to do with monks, especially as they mostly dated from after the dissolution of the monasteries. It is a Victorian term for a table-chair. The back was hinged and could fold onto the arms to form a table top. E44 Monk's Chair £75

	Not intended as a dining chair, just a stool for those with feeble backs E5 Back stool £35
	JC2 Cromwellian Chair £35

	X framed chairs were very common, as paintings show, but few have survived because they are inherently weak. They were originally designed as folding chairs but later examples were fixed. E4 X Framed Chair £60
	These very ornate Renaissance chairs were definitely designed for status not comfort. They mostly originated in France. E42 State Chair 7" high designs vary £150