A Charming c.1960 Ormesa Leather Bull Footstool Retailed by Liberty & Co antiques Please see the photographs for

Please see the photographs for visual reference of the picture

The original purpose of the flared wings or enclosures in armchairs were understood to be to prevent drafts in old houses from reaching ones upper body or to protect the delicate skin of gentrified ladies from the heat of a roaring fire

The style and overall type of the painting points to it's likely execution during the 18th century

The cage itself is in fairly good overall order considering its age

Sir David Brewster

A Charming c.1960 Ormesa Leather Bull Footstool Retailed by Liberty & Co antiques Please see the photographs forOrigin: British Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1960 Height: 18 inches Width: 15 inches Length: 26. 5 inches (all at extremities) The Ormesa made leather footstool in the form of a bull, now beautifully worn with age, survives from the third quarter of the twentieth century retailed by Liberty & Co and stamped as such to one ear. The whole is weighty and remains in good overall original condition. There are one or two