Antique Welsh Carved Oak Eisteddfod Bardic Chair Newmarket Trelawnyd Wales 1901 Recently Added Circa 1850

Circa 1850

One cup with an hairline all the others in good condition

fabulous original patina

Oil on canvas painting depicting a woman with two cherubs in a garden

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Antique Welsh Carved Oak Eisteddfod Bardic Chair Newmarket Trelawnyd Wales 1901 Recently Added Circa 1850An important antique Welsh vernacular Eisteddfod carved oak throne chair (Cadair Eisteddfod), from North Wales, Flintshire, dated 1901. An Eisteddfod is a traditional Welsh festival of the arts, celebrating literature, music, and performance. The tradition dates back to at least 1176, It preserves and promotes Welsh culture and the Welsh language. People compete in poetry, singing, instrumental music, drama, and dance, these types of Bardic Chairs are