A Pair of Chinoiserie Horseshoe Tub Armchairs by Jacques Adnet c.1945-55 sub-Curios the art of trompe l'oeil

the art of trompe l'oeil flourished from the Renaissance period with the discovery of perspective in fifteenth-century Italy and advancements in the science of optics in the seventeenth-century Netherlands enabled artists to render objects and spaces with eye-fooling exactitude

The paper label to the reverse tells us the artist’s name again and that the picture was painted in Bruges

The wonderfully large and bulbous shaped mottled green glazed terracotta garden urn or pot moulded in relief to the exterior with roundels and swags and inscribed into the glaze 'Fait par Fabre Potier d'Anduze’ survives from 2nd Empire France

Length of Axle: 12 inches

(masks used in early Oddfellows ceremonies were described as "grotesques" and were intended to hide the identity of the wearer whilst allowing him to see the candidate for initiation)

A Pair of Chinoiserie Horseshoe Tub Armchairs by Jacques Adnet c.1945-55 sub-Curios the art of trompe l'oeilOrigin: French Period: Mid 20thC Provenance: Ex; Gordon Watson Date: c. 1945 55 Height: 33 or 17 at seats Width: 28 Depth: 33 (all each) The rare pair of horseshoe shaped tub armchairs by renowned French designer Jacques Adnet (1900 1984), each having show frames with red lacquered chinoiserie scenes with gilt highlights, now worn beautifully with age and use, to scrolled block feet in the Chinese style, the spinach green upholstery being close hob