A Pair of Late 19thC Irish Vernacular Painted Side Chairs; County Cork sub-Macabre- Medicine the bowed back having scroll

the bowed back having scroll arms on turned legs joined by stretchers with remnants of the original green and then black painted finish to the whole

To the underside of the chair there is a metal mounting bracket

From roots in seventeenth century Italy

with some old worm to the root side which we have treated as a precaution

The figures we see here probably represent one of the shepherds and one of the Kings

A Pair of Late 19thC Irish Vernacular Painted Side Chairs; County Cork sub-Macabre- Medicine the bowed back having scrollOrigin: Irish Period: Late 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 Width: 20. 75 Height: 34. 5 or 18 at seat Depth: 16. 5 (all at extremities) The delightful and increasingly scarce pair of Irish vernacular side chairs, retaining their original deep red painted finish with beautifully worn elm plank seats and charming hand painted white folk motifs to both the crest and seat rails, previously purchased in Cork, and almost certainly made for domestic