A Sublime Late Regency Period Faux Bamboo Upholstered Open Armchair c.1820 sub-Antiques but many are the result

but many are the result of a Victorian makeover

especially his wife Elizabeth Gould (1804-1841)

Papier-mâché itself became an industry in England in 1772 when Henry Clay of Birmingham took out a patent for its making

and his father was a good bird stuffer too'

decorated with bands of scrolling vine leaves with central Bacchus masks

A Sublime Late Regency Period Faux Bamboo Upholstered Open Armchair c.1820 sub-Antiques but many are the resultOrigin: English Period: Regency Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1815 25 Height: 38. 5 at finals or 17 at seat Width: 25 Depth: 32 (all at extremities) The very handsome and comfortable Regency stained beech and rosewood open armchair, in the roomy colonial plantation style, the carcass of deep proportions and of superb colour, the simulated ring turned bamboo and stained rail back now beautifully worn with age, the whole with padded scroll arms and