A Napoleon III French Salon Ebonised Armchair Retailed by Le Maison Bon Marche, Paris sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope Locations are equally varied and

Locations are equally varied and include Peru Indiana

who discovered it 1625 in Austrian spring water

in Jane Munro

The pristine white denoting the French royalty was thought most suitable as a divider between the colors of the rosette

A Napoleon III French Salon Ebonised Armchair Retailed by Le Maison Bon Marche, Paris sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope Locations are equally varied andOrigin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd RepublicProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1870Height: 28 or 16 at seatWidth: 28Depth: 26The rare nineteenth century French easy armchair, retaining much of its original faded floral upholstery and tassel work, on ebonised legs with matching castors, ready for reupholstery (or hopefully not!), the whole stamped to the underside; Au Bon Marche, Maison, Artiside Boucicaut, Tapisserie, Ameublements, Paris. The chair is in very original