A 19thC Ebonised Napoleon III French Armchair c.1870 sub-Antiques and though there is some

and though there is some suggestion of an art nouveau influence it is not overtly apparent

The scrolled red morocco studded leather upholstered oak stool with drop in Afghan carpet upholstered squab cushion survives from the second quarter of the twentieth century being almost certainly retailed by Liberty & Co

only has one of its drop carrying handles

It is not abundantly clear whether the chairs were painted in the mid-nineteenth century

for Colsterdale he paid thirteen hundred guineas

A 19thC Ebonised Napoleon III French Armchair c.1870 sub-Antiques and though there is someOrigin: FrenchPeriod: Napoleon IIIProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1870Width: 30. 5Height: 35 or 15 at seatDepth: 34 (all at extremities)The nineteenth century Napoleon III period armchair, in an old fawn draylon, ready for reupholstery, having turned ebonised front legs to slender swept backs each with the original castors, the frame with shaped arms and a scrolled back, the whole surviving from the latter half of nineteenth century France. The chair is