A Fine 19thC French Gilt Framed Armchair sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles pagodas and landscapes and later

pagodas and landscapes and later brass drop ring handles

is the difficulty of their satisfactory preservation in collections

Sir Hubert von Herkomer RA RWS RE (1849-1914) was a British painter of German descent

In 1927 it was written: “A Leyland correspondent writes: “It may interest you to know that ‘Doodles’ (Mr Major Crone) who is so very valuable to St Annes Each year on Hospital Fete Day

and has been suggested as being a visual image of the Roman deity Sol Invictus

A Fine 19thC French Gilt Framed Armchair sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles pagodas and landscapes and laterOrigin: French Period: 3rd Republic Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1900 Height: 43. 75 inches (at highest point) Width: 28. 5 inches Depth: 28. 5 inches The beautifully proportioned gilt show framed enclosed armchair in the unmistakable French style and having the original Regency inspired duck egg blue silk upholstery with padded arm rests and taffeta piping, the painted and parcel gilt beech frame with carved rose heads and leaves, gadrooned top