A WILLIAM AND MARY CEDAR AND OAK ARMCHAIR

A WILLIAM AND MARY CEDAR AND OAK ARMCHAIR, 17th century with later upholstery, the serpentine cresting carved with leafage emanating from a lunette beneath "S"-scrolls incorporating masks (one missing) over an oak panel carved with a stylised rose, downswept arms and a padded seat, on slender baluster-turned legs joined by moulded squared stretchers, 21" wide across the arms. The use of cedar and the unusually slender turnings on the front legs may suggest an American or colonial origin.