”FRAILERO” CHAIR. WOOD, LEATHER. SPAIN, 17TH CENTURY.

Pair of friar armchairs. Walnut wood, leather, metal. Spain, 17th century. Armchairs with arms and high backs of the type known as “frailero”, which have leather with studs on the seat and upper part of the back, low chambranas joining the front legs with the rear ones and middle chambranas or stringers (the front one is carved and trimmed creating motifs). geometric) joining the two front legs and the two rear ones, and simple armrests, with volute finishes. 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: 69x55x107 cms.