A George III Mahogany & Leather Gainsborough Armchair c.1800 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus We suspect they may have

We suspect they may have once been part of a larger composition

and for a time the official state lion lived in a golden cage in the Piazza San Marco

spy networks and secret operations seemed a real and ever-present danger

which had a strong expansion in seventeenth-century France

the only issue to note is that the hinged lid does not quite shut flush

A George III Mahogany & Leather Gainsborough Armchair c.1800 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus We suspect they may havearOrigin: English Period: George III Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1800 Height: 35. 5 or 18 at seat Width: 28 Depth: 26 The George III period mahogany and tan leather Gainsborough armchair having a low square back above a sprung seat and low enclosed arms, covered in tan leather with brass stud trim, raised on square tapered legs and joined by stretchers and surviving from the first quarter of the nineteenth century. The chair is lovely original