A Good Ebonised & Tartan Upholstered Victorian Armchair in the Howard Style c.1880 sub-Religion & Relics Tom Hartley was sad

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This toy is a good example of a folk art piece and it was more than likely made by a parent for his child and may have included a trap that would have been attached to the horse

A Good Ebonised & Tartan Upholstered Victorian Armchair in the Howard Style c.1880 sub-Religion & Relics Tom Hartley was sadOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 Height: 32. 5 inches Width: 27. 5 inches Depth: 34 inches (all at extremities) The country house upholstered armchair or easy chair in the manner of Howard & Son, being coil sprung and horsehair stuffed, on ebonized and turned legs with brass seed collars, fully reupholstered in Warwicks Bainbridge Loom monochrome coloured tartan with single piping, the whole on the original