An oak open armchair , the arched toprail carved with the Ratcliffe coronet and coat-of-arms, with arcaded panelled back carved with interlaced geometric foliage and flowerheads, with moulded arm-supports and solid seat, with shaped apron and baluster legs joined by stretchers, with paper label My Lady's Chair, so called from having belonged to Anna Maria Webb, Countess of Derwentwater, who died at Brussels, Aug. 30 1723..., wife of James Ratcliffe, Earl of Derwentwater, beheaded at the Tower, Feb. 23rd 1715, see account of it in Memorials of James Earl of Derwentwater, collected by Henry Howard given Xmas 1844 to Philip H. Howard by his affectionate wife, Eliza M. Howard , later parts, Lake District, late 17th/early 18th century.
An oak open armchair , the arched toprail carved with the Ratcliffe coronet and coat-of-arms, with arcaded panelled back carved with interlaced geometric foliage and flowerheads, with moulded arm-supports and solid seat, with shaped apron and baluster legs joined by stretchers, with paper label My Lady's Chair, so called from having belonged to Anna Maria Webb, Countess of Derwentwater, who died at Brussels, Aug. 30 1723..., wife of James Ratcliffe, Earl of Derwentwater, beheaded at the Tower, Feb. 23rd 1715, see account of it in Memorials of James Earl of Derwentwater, collected by Henry Howard given Xmas 1844 to Philip H. Howard by his affectionate wife, Eliza M. Howard , later parts, Lake District, late 17th/early 18th century.
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