A 19thC French Carved Giltwood Open Armchair c.1880 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus now wonderfully supple and of

now wonderfully supple and of a superior colour

prepared panels and millboards

with a boy and a girl with their parents

The colour is rich and the oak if the best English quality

As the piece is in birch it may have found its way to France from Scandinavia

A 19thC French Carved Giltwood Open Armchair c.1880 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus now wonderfully supple and ofOrigin: French Period: 3rd Republic Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 Width: 22. 5 Height: 37. 25 or 18 at seat with cushion Depth: 20 (all at extremities) The beautifully carved giltwood single open armchair, in the Louis XVI taste, and of very fine execution, the oval caned back with intricately pierced carved corners issuing berried leaves to a caned seat, open padded scrolled arms with further leafy carvings to slender turned and fluted front legs