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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Darkwing Manor, post: 81198, member: 738&quot;]The hardware, construction and the applied cabachon on the crown are definitely early 20th century. The low stretchers are a nod to the 15th and early 16th century when this was the common form of construction. A general rule of thumb is- as the stretchers move up, the newer the piece. But in this case I think it is indeed an attempt by the Arts and Crafts movement to emulate the design elements of an earlier time when hand craftsmanship was the only option.</p><p><a href="http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O79042/armchair-unknown/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O79042/armchair-unknown/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0066cc">http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O79042/armchair-unknown/</span></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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