A 19thC Ebonised Napoleon III French Armchair c.1870 sub-Antiques It is not abundantly clear

It is not abundantly clear whether the chairs were painted in the mid-nineteenth century

and though there is some suggestion of an art nouveau influence it is not overtly apparent

for Colsterdale he paid thirteen hundred guineas

The word Rococo is seen as a combination of the French rocaille

in his notes to A Vision of the Last Judgment

A 19thC Ebonised Napoleon III French Armchair c.1870 sub-Antiques It is not abundantly clearOrigin: FrenchPeriod: Napoleon IIIProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1870Width: 30. 5Height: 35 or 15 at seatDepth: 34 (all at extremities)The nineteenth century Napoleon III period armchair, in an old fawn draylon, ready for reupholstery, having turned ebonised front legs to slender swept backs each with the original castors, the frame with shaped arms and a scrolled back, the whole surviving from the latter half of nineteenth century France. The chair is