A Late 19thC French Provincial Naïve School Oil on Canvas of a Rural Scene; 1880; M. Gilbert poa-item Simple materials like beech simulating

Simple materials like beech simulating bamboo and lacquer were favoured rather than the ebony and ormolu that had been used at Carlton House for instance

and of unusual design

The picture label to the reverse is for James Bourlet and Sons marked with number K0044

Depth: 8” (all at extremities)

Depth of Shelves:  Graduating 6

A Late 19thC French Provincial Naïve School Oil on Canvas of a Rural Scene; 1880; M. Gilbert poa-item Simple materials like beech simulatingOrigin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd RepublicProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1880Width: 21. 5Height: 16. 5Depth: 1. 5 (in frame)In entirely original condition, the provincial oil on canvas painting of a youth with a stallion and hunting dog amidst classic rural French countryside walking upon a track by a river side, painted in the nave style by a journeying Englishman, and housed in its original time worn frame, signed and dated 1880 M. Gilbert to the lower right,