A Charles II child's oak panel back chair second half 17th century

the carved back with guilloche cresting rail above wheel motifs and scroll, the boarded seat raised on square and turned legs joined by peripheral stretchers, the reverse of the chair with moulded line decoration

Generally very good. Very minor paint splashes. Chip to end of right moulded seat edge. Traces of worm to the underside. Slightly unsteady due to fragmenting on underside of feet. Seat back slightly loose from apron rails. In nice original condition and of a good colour.
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For a comparative child's chair, with West Country provenance, see The Herbert Shaw Collection, The Age of Oak and Walnut, these rooms, 13th September 2006, lot 47.