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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 584230, member: 2844&quot;]I don&#039;t think anyone has seen this chair for quite some time. Either they didn&#039;t ask to see it, or the owner (van Isacker?) didn&#039;t want to show it, which would be strange.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, we were on the back leg.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;In between are ten baluster-turned bars. The wooden seat rests on a frame.</p><p>The two halves of the back are kept together by a rather thin plank, among others, which is glued to it.&quot;</p><p>(Don&#039;t blame the translator, it doesn&#039;t say what &#039;others&#039; is, or what it is glued to exactly.)</p><p>&quot;The plank, the front of the legs and the support under the front of the seat are carved in bas relief. It consists of vines and leaves and flowerbaskets, just like on the friezes of Holland kasten of the period. The straight posts, the back and arm rests, are decorated with stylised leaf motifs.</p><p>But what makes this chair so special is the dating on the front legs. On the left is a shield with 16 and on the right 21. Moreover the crest of Middelburg is carved in the relief at the top of the back rest, in the centre.</p><p>No doubt this chair once belonged to a wealthy Middelburg ship owner.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Middelburg is the capital of the province of Zeeland, in the southeast of the Netherlands. This is the crest:</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Coat_of_arms_of_Middelburg.svg/220px-Coat_of_arms_of_Middelburg.svg.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>More examples here:</p><p><a href="https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Middelburg_(Zeeland)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Middelburg_(Zeeland)" rel="nofollow">https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Middelburg_(Zeeland)</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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