Guglielmo Ulrich (1904-77); A Superb Ebonised Open Armchair c.1940 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage Late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century

Late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century parents commissioned likenesses of their offspring for the same reasons that prompt us to bedeck our youngsters in Sunday-best attire and haul them off to the photographer's

and the dog died out in the early years of the 20th Century after having been around for less than 100 years

the carved Portland stone (limestone) bust of a young woman in three-quarter relief

There are a few small chips to the gesso surface

Queen Victoria herself was quite fond of fancy dress and her personal interest in British history and desire for authenticity resulted in the popularity of historical characters and themes for fancy dress balls during much of the nineteenth century

Guglielmo Ulrich (1904-77); A Superb Ebonised Open Armchair c.1940 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage Late eighteenth and early nineteenth-centuryOrigin: Italian Period: Mid Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1940 Height: 37 or 17. 5 at seat Width: 24. 5 Depth: 24. 5 (all at extremities) The striking and wonderfully designed ebonised beech open armchair or elbow chair by Guglielmo Ulrich (1904 77), having a jade green vinyl seat and back, the angular arms with brass stud detailing, surviving from the second quarter of twentieth century Italy. In almost perfect order the chair has wear only