A 19thC Carved & Polychrome Painted Venetian Blackamoor Wall Torchère sub-Curios but it only started back

but it only started back a little

whilst there is a later hanging wire attached to allow the panel to hang in landscape position for display

with its detail to the period cloths with lace and silks

An early and wonderfully folky work and of a subject rarely depicted

more elderly

A 19thC Carved & Polychrome Painted Venetian Blackamoor Wall Torchère sub-Curios but it only started backOrigin: Italian, Venetian Period: Mid Late 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 Height: 34. 5 Depth: 5 Width: 8. 25 (all at extremities) The polychrome painted wooden torchre figure of a blackamoor, showing traces of the original gilding, modelled in standing pose with a turban and one arm aloft holding a spiral torch issuing fruit and flowers with orifice for a light fitting and standing on a rocky outcrop, being flat backed for wall mounting, and