Antique American Carved Mahogany Conversation Sofa Chair Loveseat Tête-à-Tête, Circa 1880 Sold mirror Indians of 20 years

mirror Indians of 20 years of painful exile

The chair raised on turned legs with compressed bun feet and joined with an ornate carved stretcher

below are twin ormolu handles with floral and acanthus decoration and a central floral rosette

titled "Reflection" & portraying a beautiful young maiden with long tresses of hair

Regency Classicism was characterised by forms and motifs from ancient Greece and Rome

Antique American Carved Mahogany Conversation Sofa Chair Loveseat Tête-à-Tête, Circa 1880 Sold mirror Indians of 20 yearsSOLD A fine quality late Victorian conversation chair sofa or (Tte Tte) Circa 1890. This finely carved and upholstered serpentine shaped chair sofa for two people, allowing the sitters to discreetly have a conversation. The curved back supports are ornately carved with a "Green Man" mask surrounded with scrolling foliate, in the Renaissance Revival taste. The chair has turned supports with acanthus leaf caps and shaped spindles to the back, the