A Well Carved c.1900 Oak & Leatherette Upholstered Armchair

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A Well Carved c.1900 Oak & Leatherette Upholstered ArmchairOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1900 Width: 26. 5 inches Depth: 23. 25 inches Height: 42 inches (all at extremities) The late nineteenth century oak open armchair with Gothic influences, well carved with grotesque masks to the back supports and arm terminals, with shell and leaf carved pediment, rear swept legs and cabriole shaped front legs with hoof feet and the original leatherette upholstery, the whole

Moulin Rouge anyone

but that is the buyers discretion

Derbyshire Blue John

Grimaud was the founder of the famous Grimaud house that would print the successful Ancien Tarot de Marseille

Canvas Heights: 16 inches & 15

using the chair for his own purpose

The Exposition Universelle was where talking films and escalators were first publicized

The piece is hand signed ‘Alan Friswell’ to its base

This is a dramatic and bold piece of vintage artwork

The frames are original and have been strengthened at some stage with small patches of webbed tape to the reverse

Origin: Scottish

To the back there is a later reinforced strut