A 19thC Italian Stained Beech Gondola Settee reserved in his elder years

in his elder years

and this portrait would have shown her in her best light for all to see her splendour

The form of this table is not listed in any book that we can find

being brass

with a theatrical theme and one that is extremely evocative of not just the period but of French theatre and culture

A 19thC Italian Stained Beech Gondola Settee reserved in his elder yearsOrigin: Italian Period: Late 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 Height: 41 or 19 at seat Width: 77 Depth: 25 (all at extremities) The good quality stained beech and grained sofa or settee of gondola form, having a beautifully shaped back above out scrolled arm supports with floral rosettes, to waved and channelled frames, on five cabriole legs, the whole possibly adapted from a larger sofa or settee, upholstered in an ivory sand damask fabric and