An Attractive & Highly Stylised Early 20thC Terracotta Seated Lion c.1910 antiques These types of provincial chairs

These types of provincial chairs were made in a wide range of styles and there are distinct regional variations from all over Britain and the USA where the form was equally popular

cast in two sections

Birmingham were shop fitters and were established in Birmingham for around one hundred and thirty years from circa 1870

The fringes do show some loss and the shape is now slightly warped but the whole has an abundance of character and has no signs of moth or infestation

”I returned to the nursery that lies behind the door and discovered an empty rocking chair – still in motion”…

An Attractive & Highly Stylised Early 20thC Terracotta Seated Lion c.1910 antiques These types of provincial chairsOrigin: English Period: Early 20thC Provenance: A Country Estate, Cumbria, UK Date: c.. 1910 20 Width: 10" Depth: 13. 75" Height: 21" (all at extremities) In original condition, the well patinated, seated or assis, terracotta lion beautifully modelled and rather highly stylized, having squat proportions, gazing forward with a vigilant expression under a richly carved mane and well articulated paws stretched upon a rectangular plinth base, surviving