17th Century Adjustable Walnut Sleeping Chair with Writing Surface
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A rare 17th century, English walnut joined sleeping chair, the adjustable tablet back above arms fitted with steel extensions to support a writing slope, raised on ring turned supports, united by cross stretchers
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- Turning - Any part of a piece of furniture that has been turned and shaped with chisels on a lathe. Turned sections include legs, columns, feet, finials, pedestals, stretchers, spindles etc. There have been many varieties and fashions over the centuries: baluster, melon, barley-sugar, bobbin, cotton-reel, rope-twist, and so on. Split turning implies a turned section that has been cut in half lengthwise and applied to a cabinet front as a false decorative support.
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