A Superb Early 20thC Natural History Taxidermy Specimen of an Armadillo Shell Basket on Stand sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The low slim button back

The low slim button back curved horsehair stuffed olive green leather seat having a blonde oak sleigh shaped x-frame with finely turned stretchers and scroll ends survives from the early Victorian period

we didn’t know what to do

which were executed by Rowley and his team of highly skilled craftsmen

and what the nineteenth century phrenologists called "the only true science of mind”

each bangle is fashioned into bobbins on the outer rim and gadrooned to the inner

A Superb Early 20thC Natural History Taxidermy Specimen of an Armadillo Shell Basket on Stand sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The low slim button backOrigin: English Period: Early 20th Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 10 Height: 14 inches Depth: 7 inches Width: 9. 5 inches (all at maximum) Brass rod mounted on a quality ebony enamelled bell shaped plinth ceramic stand with plush velvet pad top, the armadillo basket having a curled tail up over the shell towards the head to form a handle, survives from the Edwardian period. In very fine order with light general wear commensurate with age to