A Very Pretty Victorian Walnut Balloon Back Child's Chair sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles with ebony inlaid frieze above

with ebony inlaid frieze above two short and three long drawers sitting on French splayed bracket feet with attractively shaped aprons to the sides and centre

arms and wooden hands with bendable digits in an effort to more closely mimic human activities and later in 1925 startled the display industry with modern abstract mannequins closely following the Art Deco style

Of octagonal form

The portrait is unassuming with the sitter looking down

Height: 51 inches

A Very Pretty Victorian Walnut Balloon Back Child's Chair sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles with ebony inlaid frieze aboveOrigin: English Period: Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1850 70 Height: 33 inches Width: 15. 5 inches Depth: 15. 5 inches (all at maximum) Of delicate proportions, the walnut carcass having a serpentine caned shaped seat, balloon backed with elegant splat, rear sabre legs, carved mid rail and double side stretchers, the seat on bobbin turned supports. In very desirable condition, the chair has an outstanding rich and colourful patina, the cane