An Attractive Carved & Gilt Decorated 19thC Continental Limewood Torchère sub-Decorative Objects are produced in the surrounding

are produced in the surrounding districts which is understandable as the nomads would experience little difficulty in transporting the small looms required

The oak itself is in good condition and the piece could happily be wall mounted

but occupied no 18 only from 1895 and Mortimer Street from 1899

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An Attractive Carved & Gilt Decorated 19thC Continental Limewood Torchère sub-Decorative Objects are produced in the surroundingOrigin: French or Italian Period: Mid Late 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 90 Height: 36 The Base: 15 x 14 The Top: 13 x 8. 25 The well proportioned limewood torchre with traces of the original gilding to the carved decoration, having a rectangular shelf top over a waisted triform column profusely carved with C scrolls, acanthus and oak leaf trails, on a tripartite base with central shells to scrolled feet raised on blocks, survives from