{"id":19308,"date":"2017-12-08T16:15:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T21:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/?post_type=product&#038;p=19308"},"modified":"2019-08-10T08:41:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T12:41:25","slug":"figurine-praying-figure-misericord-chair-armrest-antique","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/product\/figurine-praying-figure-misericord-chair-armrest-antique\/","title":{"rendered":"Figurine, Praying Figure, Misericord Chair Armrest, Antique"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Praying Figure Misericord Chair Armrest<\/strong><br \/>\nBritish or Continental: Antique, possibly 16th Century<br \/>\nCarved oak<br \/>\n9 x 7.5 x 3 inches<\/p>\n<p>Available for prop rental or purchase.<\/p>\n<p>Carved wood figure of a praying man, apparently originally the armrest of a misericord chair. The kneeling man is dressed in medieval garb \u2014 a robe and a beret \u2014 a book in his hands, his mouth open as if in the midst of praying aloud. Misericord chairs are church furniture, so named because underneath the seat is a carving known as a misericord. The armrests are typically decorated with small carved figures on either side (see References below for example of a late 15th\/early 16th century Scottish example sold at auction).<\/p>\n<p>Condition: Generally good, but with considerable wear to wood commensurate with age.<\/p>\n<p>Reference:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lot 581: A Rare Late Medieval Oak Misericord Chair.&#8221; <em>Bonhams.<\/em> 30 August 2012. https:\/\/www.bonhams.com\/auctions\/19868\/lot\/581\/ (8 December 2017).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":19312,"template":"","meta":{"wds_primary_product_brand":0,"wds_primary_product_cat":0,"footnotes":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[6795,5972,1127,1174,6794,6797,4397,5914],"product_tag":[521,6868,1210,1134,2076,7369],"class_list":{"0":"post-19308","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-architectural-artifacts-models-elements","7":"product_cat-desk-shelf-objects","8":"product_cat-figurines-sculptures","9":"product_cat-library-furnishings","10":"product_cat-oddities-curiosities-interior-decor-gifts","11":"product_cat-prop-rentals","12":"product_cat-relics","13":"product_cat-religions","14":"product_tag-antique","15":"product_tag-carved-wood","16":"product_tag-chair","17":"product_tag-figure","18":"product_tag-medieval","19":"product_tag-misericord","20":"post","21":"post-with-thumbnail","22":"post-with-thumbnail-large","24":"first","25":"instock","26":"shipping-taxable","27":"purchasable","28":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/19308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/19308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45760,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/19308\/revisions\/45760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=19308"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=19308"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=19308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}