An Early Victorian Mahogany Framed Country House Ottoman c.1840 sub-Mirrors & Lighting wearing a cardigan

wearing a cardigan

It bears the mark for the make ‘Frontgate’

Provenance: Sotheby’s Benacre House Sale May 11th 2000

Drawings by Raffaello Vanni prove to be scarce with his earliest known compositional sketch dating to 1636

adding a glorious golden softness to any room

An Early Victorian Mahogany Framed Country House Ottoman c.1840 sub-Mirrors & Lighting wearing a cardiganOrigin: English Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1840 Height: 17 Width: 44 Depth: 23 (at top) The large country house ottoman having a padded hinged lid covered with a fragment of Turkish ottoman brocade, the whole with concave sides in a plush teal blue to lower rail and flattened bun feet, the seat lid opening to reveal a vacant storage interior and a pale linen lined interior, and the whole surviving from early Victorian period