prayer - chairs, singles/pairs
Prayer chair. A low chair with an upholstered seat and very tall back, usually padded at the top intended, presumably, for kneeling and praying. The chairs date from Victorian times, though they generally have a vaguely Jacobean appearance, with barley-sugar twists and the back is either caned or covered in tapestry. The form derives from an earlier piece of ecclesiastical furniture.
2 item(s) found:
A Victorian rosewood Prie Deu chair English, circa 1860x 110 cm high, seat 48 cm wide
Directoire cherrywood voyeuse, upholstered in yellow lampas with a down cushion.
The voyeuse resembles a prie dieu (praying chair), and is used the same way, the user kneels on the chair with their arms on the padded back.…