A Sculptural Early 20thC French Metal Garden Open Armchair sub-Art & Sculpture How doth the little crocodile

How doth the little crocodile

depicting a kneeling figure of a lady wearing a shrouded cloak her hands covering a large urn

so even a maid could move the furniture on her own to clean behind and under and designed furniture without dust attracting area's so important in an age where disease was rife

A wonderfully imbalanced and shambolic Gabbeh

and it depicts Chinese style designs applied to furniture

A Sculptural Early 20thC French Metal Garden Open Armchair sub-Art & Sculpture How doth the little crocodileOrigin: French Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 20 Height: 35 or 16 at seat Width: 21. 5 Depth: 18 (all at extremities) The elegantly shaped metal garden or bistro open armchair with splayed legs to pad feet and conjoining stretchers, the shaped curved arms giving the whole superb fluidity, the metal now worn with an attractive patination of rusting and wear to the paint survives from the first quarter of twentieth