Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 17th January 2024
Lot 70
A VICTORIAN FOLK ART CARVED OAK CHAIR
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £227
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Description
A VICTORIAN FOLK ART CARVED OAK CHAIR
BY CHARLES LEWIS OF NEWTON ABBOT, C.1880
the back carved with winged female figures, a monkey head mask and a central quatrefoil marquetry panel inlaid with a bunch of grapes, with a handwritten paper label inscribed 'Made and carved by Charles Lewis, Woodman, Bradley Woods, Newton Abbot, Devon'.
Provenance
Bought directly from Mr Lewis by Herbert J. Elliott, Monkton Hadley, about 1890.