A Pair of Chinoiserie Horseshoe Tub Armchairs by Jacques Adnet c.1945-55

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A Pair of Chinoiserie Horseshoe Tub Armchairs by Jacques Adnet c.1945-55Origin: French Period: Mid 20thC Provenance: Ex; Gordon Watson Date: c. 1945 55 Height: 33 or 17 at seats Width: 28 Depth: 33 (all each) The rare pair of horseshoe shaped tub armchairs by renowned French designer Jacques Adnet (1900 1984), each having show frames with red lacquered chinoiserie scenes with gilt highlights, now worn beautifully with age and use, to scrolled block feet in the Chinese style, the spinach green upholstery being close hob

Prior to this

The hand blown-glass and white metal-mounted lantern having a pagoda type canopied top with pitted shaped finial and hanging loop over a baluster-shaped body fitted with a retractable rod base carrying a candle-socket

was a sporting and publishing project conceived and founded by Henry Somerset

Now with a well worn lustre

They also hold grudges for years and may dislike particular individuals

and pigeon holes

Weight: 11 KGS

The provincial stained pine farmhouse table

Examples of Prang’s work on furniture like this are few and far between

They are of heraldic origin and derive from the tinctures of the coats of arms of the two constituent nations of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Height: 39 inches (with antlers)

The rest of the skeleton is in good condition

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