A Stately Early 20thC Chinoiserie Blue Lacquer Caned Bergère Suite sub-Antiques with marble eyes

with marble eyes

The ancient clothes chest which was about to pass into an altogether new and eventful epoch of its history was even given a new name in its old age

It is almost a certainty that Watkins would have bought this mannequin second hand

clearing lice

crocodiles and snakes for the reptile cage whilst more fantastical items like these would have been carved for the sideshow

A Stately Early 20thC Chinoiserie Blue Lacquer Caned Bergère Suite sub-Antiques with marble eyesOrigin: English Period: Edwardian George V Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1915 1925 The Sofa: Length: 71 inches tapering to 62 inches Depth: 35. 5 inches Height: 31 inches The Armchairs: Length: 31 inches tapering to 22 inches Depth: 35. 5 inches Height: 31 inches Of very generous and unusually cavernous proportions the early twentieth century three piece bergere suite comprising of a sofa and two armchairs in a peacock blue lacquered finish on a solid