A Fine Contemporary Taxidermy Hooded Crow on a Victorian c.1880 Chair sub-Antiques rituals and festivals

rituals and festivals

flanked by amboyna and satinwood marquetry inlaid panels

to prove his point Van Meegeren painted a 'Vermeer' from his jail cell

the whole with blue/green highlights

or perhaps a mixture of animals deriving from India

A Fine Contemporary Taxidermy Hooded Crow on a Victorian c.1880 Chair sub-Antiques rituals and festivalsOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian & Contemporary Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 & c. 2013 Height: 45 inches (the whole) The Chair: 19. 5 inches deep x 19. 5 inches wide The large and fine stuffed and mounted hooded crow (Corvus cornix) specimen perched on a late victorian button back leather upholstered walnut nursing chair in faded condition with armorial cresting and carved turnings, the whole representing decay. Tithonus by Alfred Lord