An Early Victorian Winfield Design Steel Rocking Chair c.1840-50 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus the slanted backs with scroll

the slanted backs with scroll ends to fanned barrel arms

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The major battle of romanticism in France was fought in the theatre

perhaps he is calling out for a sale of a newspaper or maybe it’s a shout of pain as he begs the streets

Two of the six cases are annotated and these examples are marked as

An Early Victorian Winfield Design Steel Rocking Chair c.1840-50 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus the slanted backs with scrollOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1840 50Height: 37 or 20 at seatWidth: 26. 25Depth: 45 (all at extremities)In the manner of, or indeed made by R. W. Winfield, the black tubular steel frame with pad arms above scrolling supports and serpentine base rails, now freshly button back upholstered in Colefax and Fowlers Perseus carpet inspired fabric, the chair being comfortable and useable and surviving from early Victorian