An Attractive Pair of French Napoleon III Style Beech & Green Velvet Upholstered Easy Armchairs c.1940-60 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles this evocative piece of salvage

this evocative piece of salvage is in as found

In the greenery below

painted with polychrome highlights on a burnished gold ground with carousel seat saddle and gold star motifs

and it depicts Chinese style designs applied to furniture

This toy is a good example of a folk art piece and it was more than likely made by a parent for his child and may have included a trap that would have been attached to the horse

An Attractive Pair of French Napoleon III Style Beech & Green Velvet Upholstered Easy Armchairs c.1940-60 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles this evocative piece of salvageOrigin: French Period: Mid Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1940 60 Height: 33 or 13 at seats Width: 28. 5 Depth: 31 (each & at extremities) The petite and attractively shaped pair of French tub type easy armchairs being coil sprung and horsehair stuffed, both with concealed beech legs, each with scrolled arms, serpentine fronts and curved backs, in vintage emerald green velvet upholstery with silk fringing, the pair surviving from the third