A Mid 19thC Irish Painted Carpenters Side Chair c.1840 sub-Antiques Provoking amazement

Provoking amazement

the George II period mahogany bureau bookcase having a moulded cornice above a pair of shaped cupboard doors inset with sparkling mercury glass bevelled mirrors and moulded gilded slips

and some expected wear to the painted ends giving a decorative appearance

because of their owners' little regard for their value

A Mid 19thC Irish Painted Carpenters Side Chair c.1840 sub-Antiques Provoking amazementOrigin: Irish Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1840 Height: 34. 5 or 16 at seat Width: 17. 75 Depth: 15. 75 (all at extremities) The original painted pine side chair showing many superb worn pigment and layers of paint, having a bar back worn through to white, the two plank seat worn further showing green, white, rust and ochre, the whole on block legs joined by stretchers,, surviving from the second quarter of nineteenth century