the pine carcass with a rail back having ball finials to down swept arms and three plank seat
one holding a dressing mirror aloft and the other with a chalice
are varied and beautiful
The apron frieze on the chair is rather unusual for a chair of this type
They could have even been strangers…
A Decorative Group of Seven Framed Early Victorian Engravings of Skulls from The Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard c.1848 sub-Antiques the pine carcass with aOrigin: English Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1848 In Frames: 18. 25 w x 11. 75 h (the largest) and 9. 25 w x 9. 75 h (the smallest) Other dimensions on request The decorative group of seven engravings, of mixed sizes, taken from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848), each framed and glazed, showing profiles of various ethnic group human skulls of the world, and