A Good Button-Back Upholstered Victorian Walnut Chesterfield Sofa c.1880 sub-Art & Sculpture (South African Academy)

(South African Academy)

The process was first developed at Bilston in Staffordshire

Savin was once used in an ointment or dressing for blisters

Blue Verditer

Remaining in fair to good overall condition considering its considerable age

A Good Button-Back Upholstered Victorian Walnut Chesterfield Sofa c.1880 sub-Art & Sculpture (South African Academy)Origin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1900 Height: 25 Seat Height: 15 Width: 72 Depth: 36 (all at extremities) The quality carcass upholstered in rose pink coloured button back velvet velour with antique slub, the whole sitting on ring turned walnut front legs and sabre rear legs, the carcass stamped H. V.(?) within an oval (concealed) and numbered 2167 to one rear leg, the whole on later brass castors survives from