A pair of Charles I carved oak architectural pilasters first half 17th century

For similar pilasters with the same fine carving see Herbert Cescinsky, Early English Furniture and Woodwork, London, 1955, Vol. I, figs. 328 and 342. The examples illustrated by Cescinsky came from houses of high status.

The offered panels could be called 'Laudian' in style. This form of decoration is characterised by strong architectural detailing. It exhibits the influences of Roman-Italianate decoration and the architecture of Inigo Jones and his contemporaries. The label 'Laudian' is derived from decorative work commissioned by William Laud, Bishop of London and later Archbishop of Canterbury, for Lambeth Palace and St John's College, Oxford.