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An exceptional late 17th-century Anglo-Dutch painted screen, composed of six...
Category
Antique 17th Century Dutch Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Canvas, Wood
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Important and rare set of nine exquisite New Testament silk thread appliqué panels known as Broderies à fils collés. Each panel depicts a distinct biblical scene, rendered with remarkable precision and delicacy. Signed Marianna Elmo, Italy, Lecce, circa 1750.
Italy
Circa 1750, 1755
Frame H: 95 cms (37.5 ins)
Frame W: 75 cms (30 ins)
Panel Height : 26 cms (10.2 ins)
Panel Width: 20 cms (7.9 ins)
Centre Height: 24 cms (9.5 ins)
Centre Width: 18 cms (7 ins)
Divine Threads: A Set of Nine New Testament Appliqué Panels by Marianna Elmo
Scenes from the New Testament
The scenes include the Annunciation, the Visitation, the Nativity, the Holy Family (x2), The Holy Father and Jesus, Jesus taken to the temple, the raising of Lazarus from the dead, and the Resurrection. Each is rendered with remarkable precision and delicacy.
Marianna Elmo
Daughter of painter Serafino Elmo, an important artist in Lecce during the 18th century, Marianna was an embroiderer who used the technique of broderie à fils collés (glued thread embroidery). She created images and landscapes by gluing polychrome silk threads onto a cardboard support, covered with a layer of virgin wax. The faces and limbs of the figures are crafted from cut silk or satin shapes, further painted with tempera or watercolor to achieve lifelike detail. The panels contain many figures embroidered and painted with remarkable skill.
Marianna translated the paintings of her father and of famous painters of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries into colored threads and is considered the leader of the school of Lecce embroiderers. Her fame reached Naples. Leonardo Quesi, Amato Quesi, Gaetano and Angelo Pati, and Irene Elmo, Marianna’s sister, belonged to this school.
Marianna’s work is recognized for its technical brilliance and artistic sensitivity. Two dated works by her hand are known in museum collections: *The Flight into Egypt* (1752, Museum of San Martino, Naples) and a casket reliquary of St. Mary of Banzi (1754, Banzi, Province of Potenza). Additionally, the Pinacoteca Provinciale di Bari holds two signed pieces by the artist.
The panels were often used in religious settings or as embellishments for sacred objects. The compositions are inspired by prints, a common practice among embroiderers of the period, and feature key moments from the New Testament, including scenes from the life of Christ and the Virgin Mary.
Medium
The images are created using the technique known as broderie à fils collés, where thin polychrome silk threads and metal threads are meticulously applied side by side onto a virgin beeswax-coated cardboard base. The faces and limbs of the figures are crafted from cut satin shapes, further painted with tempera or watercolor to achieve lifelike detail. The panels contain many figures embroidered and painted with remarkable skill.
Dimensions
– 8 panels: 26 x 20 cm each
– Centre panel: 24 x 18 cm
Provenance
Acquired from Sotheby’s, London, in the 1960s by the owner’s father; reframed in Paris by Christian de Beaumont...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
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A masterpiece in design and imagination.
Exquisitely chased. One the finest pair gilded Bronze Dolphin candlest...
Category
Antique 18th Century European Classical Roman Candlesticks
Materials
Jade, Bronze, Ormolu
By Giacomo Raffaelli, Gillows of Lancaster & London
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One of the most important early nineteenth century specimen hardstone table tops ever created, with 373 specimen...
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Regency Center Tables
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Carnelian, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Belgian Black Marbl...
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A rare and very fine early 19th century antique solid mahogany extending dining table with four finely made oak ...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Dining Room Tables
Materials
Mahogany
By Pierre Laroque
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Museum quality pair of late 18th century Louis XVI neoclassical Canapes retaining their original 18th century pe...
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Giltwood
By Richard Bridgens
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RICHARD BRIDGENS PARTNERS DESK & CHAIRS
Stock Number: 37331
A rare English architectural partners desk in oak w...
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Antique Early 19th Century English Renaissance Revival Desks and Writing...
Materials
Oak
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Superb Pair Qing Dynasty Carved Purple Fluorite Imperial Buddhist Lions of Fo. These exquisite male and female L...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
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A large French 16th Century Beech wood & leather chest, with iron flowerhead and domed stud work to front top an...
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Antique Early 17th Century French Baroque Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
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Oriental aesthetic vine lamp, a unique early 20th-century piece that masterfully blends natural form with artist...
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Mid-20th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
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An 18th century Flemish marquetry vitrine on chest, the shaped crest centred by a finial above two glazed doors ...
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Antique Early 18th Century Dutch Rococo Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
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Leda and the swan carved in white marble, Italian, Risorgimento, late 19th century.
Stock Number: 33150
Leda an...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
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Rare and Important set of 10 mid 19th century barley twist oak dining chairs...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Jacobean Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Oak
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A late 19th century Anglo Indian Pedestal desk, profusely decorated with scrolling vines with abundant leaves an...
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Antique Late 19th Century Indian Furniture
Materials
Teak
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Lorenzo Casanova Ruiz – The Art Collector
Oil on Canvas
Lorenzo Casanova Ruiz
The Art Collector
Lorenzo Casano...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Adam Style Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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An Irish Regency giltwood and ebonised four-light girandole, signed and dated verso Arthur Williams...
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Antique 19th Century Irish Regency Convex Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
By Williams & Gibton
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Williams and Gibton Rosewood library table. The table which has a beautiful rosewood top and two deep side drawe...
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Antique 19th Century Northern Irish William IV Tables
Materials
Oak
By Achille Collas
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Pair of George III Period Tray Top Mahogany Bedside Cabinets
A matched pair of George III period mahogany tray ...
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
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MARK HOUGHTON
THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS, 2024
Acrylic on linen on wooden panel
62 x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
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MARK HOUGHTON
URBAN GLITTER, 2023
Acrylic on linen on wooden panel
75 x 57 x 5cm
Se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
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Dance the Blues I & II
MARK HOUGHTON
DANCE THE BLUES I & II, 2023
Steel, flocking
7...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
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I, II, III, 2023
This is now a set of 3 - they are available individually too - please ask.
Paint, ink, graphite on paper
75 x 57cm
Series: Midnight Series
Signed & dated verso
All rights, the artist.
Mark Houghton...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
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Apron Strings
MARK HOUGHTON
APRON STRINGS, 2023
Paint, ink, graphite on paper
75 x ...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
By Achille Collas
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Baccarat Cut Glass and Ormolu Table Lamp
A Charles X Baccarat glass and gilt bronze table lamp. The glass is of...
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Antique 19th Century French Charles X Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
By Achille Collas
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Ebonised Long caned bench with shaped voluted scrolled legs and moulded Jacobean ...
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1990s English Adam Style Benches
Materials
Cane, Teak
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A Pair of Faceted Octagonal Wooden Lamps
A large pair of octagonal faceted wooden lamps, the unfinished surface...
Category
20th Century French Adam Style Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
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Pair of French Carcel Polished Bronze Table Lamps
Rare pair of early...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Charles X Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
By Achille Collas
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Brass Chrome Vintage Table Lamp, attributed to Romeo Rega Italy, circa 1975
Romeo Rega style vintage table lamp...
Category
20th Century Italian Adam Style Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Chrome
By Frédéric de Luca
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Table lamp by and signed Frédéric de Luca, Paris, 1985
A most unusual large sca...
Category
20th Century French Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
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Pair of classical baluster shaped turned wooden vases from ‘Chateau Collection...
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Early 2000s French Adam Style Table Lamps
Materials
Wood, Teak
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Pair Art Deco gilt bronze and tole antique gold column table lamps.
Standing on squ...
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20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Metal, Sheet Metal
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Pair Of Mughal Style Damascened Brass Table Lamps
A pair damascened and engraved brass lamps in the Mughal styl...
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Antique 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
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A rare pair of Charles X repoussé brass Colza table lamps
Now mounted for electricity with bespoke card shades ...
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Antique 19th Century French Charles X Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
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Paris Porcelain Pink and Gold over White Glazed Vase Mounted as a Table Lamp...
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
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Chinese Sang de Boeuf Vase mounted as a table lamp.
An attractive Ch...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
By Achille Collas
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Chinese Crackle Glazed Vase Mounted as a Table Lamp.
Chinese monoch...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
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Sculpted from one of the rarest and most visually stunning coloured and figured of stones.
Exceptionally Rare 19th Century Carved Breche Sanguine & Gilt Bronze Mounted Navicella. This magnificent marble masterpiece is a work of art, a variation on the ancient sculpture of a Roman Galley...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Grand Tour Mounted Objects
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Breccia Marble, Bronze
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Magnificent 20th Century / Art Deco Gilt & Patinated Bronze Alabastro Fiorito Centre Table. This fabulous neocla...
Category
20th Century European Art Deco Center Tables
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Bronze
By William Kent
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A stunning 19th Century armchair, exquisitely made.
Provenance: Boughrood Castle, Wales
Designed by one of th...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George II Armchairs
Materials
Giltwood
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Important 19th Century Rococo Gilt Bronze & Malachite Guéridon. This magnificent table is designed and made in t...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Rococo Gueridon
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
By Henri Picard
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Magnificent Grand Scale Late 18th Century Qianlong Period Spinach Green Jade Bowl On 19th Century Gilt Bronze St...
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Bowls
Materials
Jade, Bronze
By Achille Collas
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A highly unusual late Georgian polished and cut steel fire iron stand.
Having a barley sugar twist stem and spa...
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
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Traditional handmade Walnut long caned bench with shaped voluted legs and moulded...
Category
20th Century English Rococo Benches
Materials
Walnut
By Achille Collas
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Early 19th Century French Empire Mahogany Settee
An Empire finely carved dark figured mahogany three seat sette...
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Settees
Materials
Mahogany
By Achille Collas
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Early 20th Century Alabaster Polar Bear
A fine early 20th century carved alabaster sculpture of a polar bear.
...
Category
Early 20th Century French Adam Style Animal Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
By Achille Collas
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Italian 18th Century Marble Bust of a Girl
Late 18th century bust of a ...
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Grand Tour Busts
Materials
Marble
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An exceptional high relief Renaissance Revival carved black Pietra Serena panel.
The right facing profile bust ...
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Antique 16th Century Italian Renaissance Decorative Art
Materials
Slate
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A pair of mid 17th century carved wooden and painted highly animated triumphant cherubs
Each seated on the head...
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Antique 17th Century Dutch Baroque Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Wood
By Achille Collas
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A 17th-century silk embroidery with the central subject of decollation of Saint John the Baptist presented on a large plate to the daughter of Herodias. The reserve with the sun & moon, extravagant birds, a seated lion and leopard guarding fortified towns. Flowers and insects throughout. In a period Tortoiseshell frame.
Silk backing restored
17th Century Silk Work Embroidery - The beheading of John the Baptist
The beheading of John the Baptist, also known as the decollation of Saint John the Baptist or the beheading of the Forerunner, is a biblical event commemorated as a holy day...
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Antique 17th Century English Adam Style Tapestries
Materials
Silk
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19th Century Grand Tour statuary marble portrait bust of Julius Caesar 12 J...
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Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Busts
Materials
Marble
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Mid-20th century marquetry and polished brass drinks trolley, the upper tray with inlaid marquetry drop-leaves a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
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Mid-20th-century polished brass drop leaf bar cart with hand-turned wheels and supports, marquetry tops to top a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Mahogany, Walnut
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
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A fine pair of 19th-century Bronze and Gilt Classical Vases By Ferdinand Barbedienne 1810-1892.
Each is uniqu...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Bronze
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A mid-18th-century Italian terracotta relief of the Virgin & Child appearing to St Philip Neri In a silver filigree, gilt-bronze and gilt-copper-mounted, lapis lazuli and wood frame.
Known as the ‘Apostle of Rome’ due to his labours amongst the sick and poor of the city, Philip Neri (1515-1595) became an influential figure of the Counter-Reformation. Many miracles were attributed to him, and he was beatified by Paul V in 1615. His popularity and place in the folklore of Rome created a demand for his depiction within the church.
For example, Carlo Maratta’s painting for San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, the preliminary study for which bears relation to the present composition (Royal Collection, inv. 905553). The fresh and freely modeled handling of the present relief is in the tradition of Giovanni Antonio Mazzuoli’s (1644-1706) small-scale modelli for altarpieces (C. Sisi and G. Gentilini, La Scultura : bozzetti in terracotta, piccoli marmi e altre sculture dal XIV al XX secolo, Florence, 1989, nos. 92-95).
Additional information:
Origin: Italy
Period: Circa 1750, 18th Century
Style: Religious, The Virgin and...
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Terracotta
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A very fine mid 19th-century Italian carved Carrera statuary marble relief plaque...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Decorative Art
Materials
Marble
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Fench midcentury table lamp, the vase with a white glaze and biscuit areas in leaf shapes.
Additional inform...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
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Incorporating one of the rarest stones on Earth.
Two of only a handful of tables with this stone known to exist.
Important and rare pair of early 19th century Italian Napoleonite and figured walnut stylized dolphin console tables, circa 1810. The carving and quality of this grandly proportioned pair is absolutely superb. In addition to their stunning stylized design, these tables boast visually stunning and incredibly rare tops veneered in Corsican Orbicular...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Console Tables
Materials
Granite, Marble
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Multi-fuel Stove in superb condition, by Pied Selle with organic art nouveau flower mo...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
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A vintage circular drinks trolley with two glass tiers within polished brass galleries, the lower one with a bot...
Category
Late 20th Century Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Brass
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A hghly sculptural Victorian upholstered armchair - undoubtedly by...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
