Glastonbury chair

Another chair of the same style, believed at the time to be of the same date, was owned by Horace Walpole and kept in his Gothic pile Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, Middlesex.

Nobody bidding against him, Lewis took the chair to St John's Church in Glastonbury where it remains.

[3][4] The Glastonbury chair design has become popular with reenactors, owing to its simple construction, wide availability of plans (see External links),[5] and the opportunity for extensive decorative carving.

Although it is frequently assumed to do so, especially when made with circular tenons, triangular frames remain rigid even if they are joined by bearings.

The peripatetic nature of upper-class life in the 15- and 16-hundreds meant most of its furniture was made to be transported.