An Early 19thC Painted Open Armchair c.1830 sub-Curios We like the spherical shape

We like the spherical shape and original condition of this and it proves a very pretty example of its type

his eyes closed and his mouth wide open in exclamation

as the label goes on to read “made exclusively for Aspreys for the Great Parisian Exhibition 1899” and made by a fine French maker in Paris itself

if so desired

An Early 19thC Painted Open Armchair c.1830 sub-Curios We like the spherical shapeOrigin: EnglishPeriod: William IV Provenance: UnknownDate: c. 1830Height: 39 or 19 at seatWidth: 24Depth: 21. 5 (all at extremities)The handsome original russet painted beech and pine framed open armchair with an attractive worn colour and patination to the paint, having a bar back to undulating curved and scrolled arms, with a two plank seat, the whole on block legs joined by stretchers, surviving from the second quarter of the nineteenth century.