A Large & Rare Early 19thC Bank of 100 Painted Pine Artist’s Supplier Pigment Drawers c.1830 sub-Art & Sculpture The original purpose of the

The original purpose of the flared wings in wing backed 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 board has obviously been used as a decorative display piece for some time as there are two old hanging hooks present to the top one loop to the bottom for wall mounting

and remnants of chalk numbering

The Philadelphia Museum of Art honored Watkins and his close friend Arthur B

The apron frieze on the chair is rather unusual for a chair of this type

A Large & Rare Early 19thC Bank of 100 Painted Pine Artist’s Supplier Pigment Drawers c.1830 sub-Art & Sculpture The original purpose of theOrigin: English Period: Early 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1825 35 Width: 72. 75 Depth: 6 Height: 35 The wonderful and rare Georgian period painted pine bank of artists suppliers or colourmans shop counter drawers of large proportions, the whole of a French green grey overall colour standing at over six feet wide, having the original pine back boards, the frontage with a double cock beaded edging with 100 individual drawers, many with residue of