A Principally 17thC Louis XIV Aubusson Tapestry Upholstered French Provincial Wingback Armchair from Chateau Bayenvaal sub-Art & Sculpture The mid nineteenth century English

The mid nineteenth century English polychrome painted wax over papier-mâché doll with fixed head

The only difference that I can see is in the generally accepted version of these arms the crowned lion supporters are shown as being reguardant (ie: looking back over these shoulders)

which played such a central part in this clockwise after-dinner ritual

The condition of the cistern is good overall

which makes her very decorative and evocative of life sitting in an English castle and though she could be re-ebonised we don’t feel this would enhance her overall aesthetic so we have left her as is

A Principally 17thC Louis XIV Aubusson Tapestry Upholstered French Provincial Wingback Armchair from Chateau Bayenvaal sub-Art & Sculpture The mid nineteenth century EnglishOrigin: French Period: Louis XIV Provenance: Chateau Bayenvaal, Near Paris Date: c. 1680, the tapestry upholstery of the same period, recovered in the 1960s Height: 45. 5 inches Width: 29 inches Depth: 30 inches (all approximate and at extremities) The seventeenth century French armchair, being upholstered in a period floral tapestry and later mid twentieth century powder and peacock blue silk velvet, with additional cushion, the whole with tassel