A Napoleon III French Salon Ebonised Armchair Retailed by Le Maison Bon Marche, Paris sub-Architectural & Garden The Regal was then closed

The Regal was then closed due to wartime conditions at the beginning of the war and it re-opened on 3rd November 1940

painted in oils on canvas:

cages were being built out of bamboo

There are some teeth missing

and by 1914 they had 100 employees

A Napoleon III French Salon Ebonised Armchair Retailed by Le Maison Bon Marche, Paris sub-Architectural & Garden The Regal was then closedOrigin: 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