A Wonderfully Grand Leather Upholstered & Walnut Open Armchair c.1880 sub-Curios The rare Welsh ladies hat

The rare Welsh ladies hat or ‘Het Gymreig’ in mushroom coloured silk of typical broad rimmed form the interior with label for ‘Carver & Co late Dale & Co’ made in Bristol exclusively for the female Welsh market in the mid nineteenth century

The intricately moulded and pressed rectangular red-wax plaque showing the arms of the Kingdom of Bavaria

here we see the original Georgian paint and the original brass mounts

it was purchased in 1745 by Sir Thomas Gooch

and zebras

A Wonderfully Grand Leather Upholstered & Walnut Open Armchair c.1880 sub-Curios The rare Welsh ladies hatOrigin: Possibly American Period: Late 19thC Provenance: Ex Keith Skeel, Loudham Hall, Suffolk Date: c. 1880 90 Height: 47 or 17 at seat Width: 30 Depth: 36 (all at extremities) The very generously proportioned walnut framed open armchair, almost of throne like proportions, having a high sloping rectangular back above straight open arms and wide seat, the whole upholstered in burgundy red button leather with close nailed detailing, now faded perfectly