A PAIR OF EDWARD VII AFRICAN WALNUT AND INLAID CHAIRS, C190...
A PAIR OF EDWARD VII AFRICAN WALNUT AND INLAID CHAIRS, C1900 with double palmette headed splat and nailed green hide seat, seat 45cm h, each with ivorine tablet GOLDEN WALNUT FROM WEST AFRICA INTRODUCED BY SIR ALFRED L JONES, K.C.M.G.
The presence of the label serves to confirm the assertion made by Wells and Hooper (Modern Cabinet Work, 1909) that the Liverpool entrepreneur and philanthropist Sir Alfred Jones (1845-1909) was responsible for the introduction of African or Golden Walnut, a 'bastard Cedrela', into England
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A PAIR OF EDWARD VII AFRICAN WALNUT AND INLAID CHAIRS, C1900 with double palmette headed splat and nailed green hide seat, seat 45cm h, each with ivorine tablet GOLDEN WALNUT FROM WEST AFRICA INTRODUCED BY SIR ALFRED L JONES, K.C.M.G.
The presence of the label serves to confirm the assertion made by Wells and Hooper (Modern Cabinet Work, 1909) that the Liverpool entrepreneur and philanthropist Sir Alfred Jones (1845-1909) was responsible for the introduction of African or Golden Walnut, a 'bastard Cedrela', into England
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