A Late Victorian Carpet Upholstered Two-Seater Sofa c.1895 reserved moustache and beard

moustache and beard

traditionally used  for storing personal possessions or  indeed salt

fritillary butterflies and giant silk moths

the piece is undeniably very decorative with a nice texturised surface

Love tokens themselves started in around the 15th century with bent and engraved coins the most popular form but wider examples range from precious gold posy rings to pieces of furniture carved with lovers’ initials and often dates of their betrothal or birth of their offspring

A Late Victorian Carpet Upholstered Two-Seater Sofa c.1895 reserved moustache and beardOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Late VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1890 1900Height: 37 or 17 at seatWidth: 60Depth: 28The Victorian period two seater sofa or settee having the original upholstered carpet moquette velour in a navy ground with madder rose amber and yellow patterning, the whole with barrel arms and pom pom tassels and rope piping, to turned front legs and castors to rear sabre legs and the whole surviving from the zeniths of nineteenth