Y A FRENCH KINGWOOD, ORMOLU MOUNTED AND VERNIS MARTIN DISPLAY CABINET, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Y A FRENCH KINGWOOD, ORMOLU MOUNTED AND VERNIS MARTIN DISPLAY CABINETTHIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURYIn the form of a Sedan chair, with leather covered, domed 'roof', the door and sides painted with two children with a birdcage, or landscapes and putti, with crimson velvet lined interior, the panels signed 'H. MARTIN'174cm high, 76cm wide, 60cm deep overallProvenance:This unusual "novelty" display cabinet in the form of an 18th Century French Sedan Chair was supplied by Mawer & Stephenson, Fulham Road, London to Burton Henry Philips for the Drawing Room of The Heath House, a gothic revival mansion in Staffordshire, in 1907.
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Y A FRENCH KINGWOOD, ORMOLU MOUNTED AND VERNIS MARTIN DISPLAY CABINETTHIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURYIn the form of a Sedan chair, with leather covered, domed 'roof', the door and sides painted with two children with a birdcage, or landscapes and putti, with crimson velvet lined interior, the panels signed 'H. MARTIN'174cm high, 76cm wide, 60cm deep overallProvenance:This unusual "novelty" display cabinet in the form of an 18th Century French Sedan Chair was supplied by Mawer & Stephenson, Fulham Road, London to Burton Henry Philips for the Drawing Room of The Heath House, a gothic revival mansion in Staffordshire, in 1907.