”FRAILERO” CHAIR. WOOD, LEATHER. SPAIN, 16TH CENTURY.

Friar armchair. Leather, wood. Spain, 16th century. It has flaws, requires restoration. Armchair with arms and high back of the type known as “frailero”, which has leather with studs in the upper part of the backrest and on the seat, low chambranas with a cut profile joining the front legs with the rear ones and middle chambranas or stringers (carved and cut the front one creating geometric motifs) joining the two front legs and the two rear ones, and simple armrests. 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: 61x54x112 cms.