An Attractive Pair of George III Trompe-l'oeil Painted Pine Pelmets or Overdoors c.1790

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An Attractive Pair of George III Trompe-l'oeil Painted Pine Pelmets or Overdoors c.1790Origin: English Period: George III Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1770 90 No. 1: 72. 5 w x 13. 5 d x 17 h No. 2: 72. 5 w x 9. 5 d x 17. 5 h The attractive pair of George III period painted pine pelmets or overdoors having faux marble trompe l'oeil paint decoration to each, consisting of a central arcaded reserve with gadrooning and egg and dart decoration over, flanked by foliation, the cornice having further acanthus moulded decoration, surviving

representing a group of well-known characters identified with the street life of the town

Both works have markings verso in pencil with what is possibly the artists name but more likely a former owners

this charmingly decorative and enthusiastic looking friend makes good for pocket sized fairground nostalgia

Pringle and Booth of Toronto and many are from “the collection of Hunt Bushnell”

As their popularity spread

Furniture making using fish skin was popular especially in France during the Art Deco period

the carcass comprsing of a moulded rectangular top above an arrangement of eight drawers and central cupboard comprising two frieze drawers and central cupboard door flanked by two banks of two short drawers to a plinth base survives from the latter part of the nineteenth century

unshelter'd and forlorn

this deeply symbolic richly allegorical painting harbors much more than just Eastern promise

It was in existence until at least 1982 when Su Pollard made a documentary about Nottingham and visited the shop as it was one of her favourite places to buy joke items

but you'll usually find state-of-the-art computer games side by side with one-armed bandits

It is stable and has wear and oxidization commensurate with age and exposure to elements in the ground in Luxor

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