A Good 19thC Powder Blue Velvet Wingback Armchair c.1880 sub-Curios The doors of many historic

The doors of many historic churches still carry an old wooden lock although often you find that a modem 5-lever mortice lock has been installed along side it to meet insurance requirements

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fitted into a shadow-box arched frame

The bone is probably animal bone but it is not impossible that it is human

The box is in excellent all round condition

A Good 19thC Powder Blue Velvet Wingback Armchair c.1880 sub-Curios The doors of many historicOrigin: English Period: Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 90 Height: 37. 75 inches Width: 28 inches Depth: 23 inches (all at maximum) The fireside smokers chair in the wingback shape on mahogany legs with the original castors upholstered in the original Regency inspired powder blue corduroy velvet with off white taffeta ribbon detailing. The condition is clean and sound with no restoration or repair needed or required, the upholstery is