An Unusual Mid-19thC Green Velvet Asymmetrical Tub Armchair c.1860 poa-item and for a time the

and for a time the official state lion lived in a golden cage in the Piazza San Marco

painted ropework and flowers all also fit in with the Victorian era aesthetic of fairground painting

Watkins enjoyed a wide patronage among the rich and prominent in Philadelphia

the paint distressed commensurate with age and with a wonderful craquelure

The English rough sewn oak is thick and heavy with a beautifully dry and pale limed-like patina and would have been costly at the time

An Unusual Mid-19thC Green Velvet Asymmetrical Tub Armchair c.1860 poa-item and for a time theOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early Mid VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1850 60Height: 34 or 17 at seatWidth: 32Depth: 29The unique iron bound tub type armchair of unusual asymmetrical form, having a curved button back to one circular scroll arm with the other being swept, upholstered in pea green velvet, the whole standing on ring turned front legs to rear sabres and surviving from the middle of nineteenth century England. The armchair is sturdy and