A Pair of 19thC Button-Back Black Leather Upholstered Library Chairs c.1890-1900 sub-Natural History with a scarlet curtain to

with a scarlet curtain to one flank and surviving from the period of the French revolution of the late eighteenth century

it is known that by the sixteenth century

the travelling case in buff cream hide and leather

The glass eyes and mechanism for these remain

standing well

A Pair of 19thC Button-Back Black Leather Upholstered Library Chairs c.1890-1900 sub-Natural History with a scarlet curtain toOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1900 Each: Width: 19 Height: 37. 5 or 18 at seat Depth: 23 (all at extremities) The stylish and well made library or side chairs in oak, having the original button back black leather upholstery, now worn beautifully with age, each with a scrolled back and sprung seats, tapering front legs to rear block sabers, with original brass caps and castors to each, the wholes surviving