19th Century Portrait Of A Gentleman Antiquarian Books Width: 77cm

Width: 77cm

The chair remains in a wholly untouched condition with a lovely patina to the chair arms from years of use

possibly Scottish School

Often made in the bentwood style and painted with rosemal decoration

The brooch boasts both yellow and rose gold and 18 seed pearls

19th Century Portrait Of A Gentleman Antiquarian Books Width: 77cmA 19th century portrait of a gentleman housed in a gilt wood frame. The portrait depicts a seated gentleman in a brown suit and red neckerchief resting upon a table with an upturned top hat and stick within it. The work is naively done with an intriguing sitter full of character. The frame has many historic repairs evident, each corner having been previously repaired with some form of putty (please see photographs). Various losses throughout to the