A Very Unusual Faux Wicker & Rexine Upholstered Open Armchair c.1890

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A Very Unusual Faux Wicker & Rexine Upholstered Open Armchair c.1890Origin: Possibly Swedish Period: Late 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 Height: 35 Width: 18. 5 Depth: 18 The unusual late nineteenth century open armchair of carved wood being naturalistically modelled as faux latticed wickerwork, having a slat hoop back to shaped arms with slat supports, with a drop in midnight blue rexine upholstered seat, the whole on tapering legs with pad feet, possibly surviving from Sweden and the end of the nineteenth

A rather cheerful 1930's bottle stopper in the form of Winston Churchill The cork is in tact but due to the delicate painted papier-mache construction the head has several areas of loss

Jean de La Fontaine

the design differing ever so slightly to each side

attributed to Vermeer

The good quality heavy bronze cast figure

There is the usual hemmed sleeve for which one runs a rope through

Comedy Caravan

an influence for the evening bag was a small pouch wore at the waist of a rich lady where she would keep alms for the poor

Period: Late 19thC

Towards the close of the eighteenth century the designs of the Adam Brothers superseded all others

about he walks

A bold and striking piece of period design

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