A Unique Irish Carved Fruitwood & Burl Root Folk Art Figure of a Lady Playing a Harp c.1860 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles There are areas of loss

There are areas of loss with flaking to the top surface but the main body of the work is still in good fettle aside from two punctures to the lower right

which would go someway to explaining the accumulation of dirt on the face and also the position of the tail

Leg Room: 24 inches

but his story gives hope that tragic accidents can be survived

the whole terminating with a an acorn type finial and surviving from the first quarter of the nineteenth century and Townley Hall

A Unique Irish Carved Fruitwood & Burl Root Folk Art Figure of a Lady Playing a Harp c.1860 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles There are areas of lossOrigin: IrishPeriod: Mid VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1860Height: 15Width: 6. 5Depth: 4The extraordinary and unique primitive folk art figure of a lady playing a harp, her face wonderfully expressive, being hand carved from fruitwood and using the burls of the wood to form parts of the figure naturally, flowing to an integral circular base, the whole surviving from nineteenth century Ireland. The condition of the figure is good considering the