A Late 19thC French Walnut Louis XV Style Duchesse En Bateau Chaise Longue c.1870 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews the other a 16th-century pendant

the other a 16th-century pendant

Ebony is a very slow growing hardwood and was imported from British India and was a popular vanity set material with both men and women from around the turn of the century to the 1920s which is when the timber became too rare and expensive to be economically viable

it was known as the “Glasgow Don” or “Glasgow fancy” the bird in those days was small and neat”

terminating in a steel collar and a fine and unusual balloon shaped parquetry chequered mahogany handle

and there is consistent wear to the leather upholstery making for a very decorative piece

A Late 19thC French Walnut Louis XV Style Duchesse En Bateau Chaise Longue c.1870 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews the other a 16th-century pendantOrigin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd RepublicProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1870Height: 39 at back or 18 at seatWidth: 60Depth: 26. 5 (all at extremities)The Louis XV Style chaise longue, elegantly drawn, having an adjustable high back to a show wood frame with well carved floral adornments, in a cream chequered upholstery with single piping throughout, the whole on well turned legs and scrolled peg feet surviving from the third quarter of nineteenth century