A Late 19thC Button-Back Leather Tub Armchair c.1900 sub-Curios and Gabriele Capello known as

and Gabriele Capello known as “il Moncalvo”

this example displays such a high level of workmanship that it was probably created for ornamental or ceremonial use

He combined the vivacity and richness of Carpeaux

The rare life size articulated mannequin or stuffed lay figure with polychrome painted papier-mâché head and articulated wooden fingers

With their children absent

A Late 19thC Button-Back Leather Tub Armchair c.1900 sub-Curios and Gabriele Capello known asOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 Height: 29 or 13 at seat Width: 31. 5 Depth: 26 The comfortable and supple leather armchair in tub form, the whole in burgundy brown leather with a scrolled fanned back to barrel arms, and on tapering legs to brass castors, surviving from the last quarter of the nineteenth century. The chair is in largely original order making it hugely appealing, with the upholstery just on the