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

but affordable decorative fairground clobber all the same

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

Examples of advertising figures from the late nineteenth century are more commonly found as tobacconist figures and they are usually of carved wood and thus this stoneware example would have been very expensive to make at the time

this example is in better than average overall order

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