”FRAILERO” CHAIR, MINIATURE. WOOD, LEATHER, METAL. SPAIN, 19TH CENTURY.

Miniature friar armchair. Wood, leather, metal. Spanish school, 19th century. Armchair with arms and a high back of the type known as frailero that has chambrances on the legs joining the rear legs to the front legs and middle chambrances or stringers in the front with carved vegetal and architectural elements. The legs have a vegetal carving that extends through the arms, in the volutes of the fronts. The backrest and seat have leather upholstery (the backrest is embossed with plant elements), metal studs and textile fringe. The friar armchair, initially of Italian origin, became one of the most common pieces of Spanish furniture since its introduction in the 16th century, being characteristic of this and the 17th century and being recovered again in the historicist current of the 19th century. Being a tradition so deeply rooted in Spain, these types of models have never stopped being created.

· Size: 22x20x32,5 cms.