A Stately Early 20thC Chinoiserie Blue Lacquer Caned Bergère Suite sub-Antiques Toleware was more commonly used

Toleware was more commonly used in this period for the storage of tea

The illustration of such a painting and further information you will find in: Pauline Hinze

It is almost a certainty that Watkins would have bought this mannequin second hand

the reverse bears the original Stag labels

Shelbrooke Taxidermist 65 Friars Street

A Stately Early 20thC Chinoiserie Blue Lacquer Caned Bergère Suite sub-Antiques Toleware was more commonly usedOrigin: English Period: Edwardian George V Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1915 1925 The Sofa: Length: 71 inches tapering to 62 inches Depth: 35. 5 inches Height: 31 inches The Armchairs: Length: 31 inches tapering to 22 inches Depth: 35. 5 inches Height: 31 inches Of very generous and unusually cavernous proportions the early twentieth century three piece bergere suite comprising of a sofa and two armchairs in a peacock blue lacquered finish on a solid