A Napoleon III French Salon Ebonised Armchair Retailed by Le Maison Bon Marche, Paris sub-Architectural & Garden The patination is pleasing and

The patination is pleasing and the piece is wonderfully tactile

whom he described as his ‘pupil’ of being ‘perfectly ignorant’

There is no damage to note to the ensemble but the two bottle green panes of glass present are later replacements (the originals would have almost certainly been frosted and etched) and the other two glass panels are lacking but the actual structure itself is totally original and the perch

There are some teeth missing

the whole at over five feet wide

A Napoleon III French Salon Ebonised Armchair Retailed by Le Maison Bon Marche, Paris sub-Architectural & Garden The patination is pleasing andOrigin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd RepublicProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1870Height: 28 or 16 at seatWidth: 28Depth: 26The rare nineteenth century French easy armchair, retaining much of its original faded floral upholstery and tassel work, on ebonised legs with matching castors, ready for reupholstery (or hopefully not!), the whole stamped to the underside; Au Bon Marche, Maison, Artiside Boucicaut, Tapisserie, Ameublements, Paris. The chair is in very original