An Early Victorian Winfield Design Steel Rocking Chair c.1840-50 sub-Natural History By rotating the box two

By rotating the box two complete turns anti clockwise the sand fills a reservoir and the sand then falls onto the wheel and drives a series of gears by means of which the acrobat performs his tricks

as favoured during the earlier Republican period rather than the earlier more idealised classical period

Origin: Luxor

This stools design is similar to Moorish examples made by Liberty in both the 1890s and early Twentieth century and follows on from the hugely popular Thebes stool

An Early Victorian Winfield Design Steel Rocking Chair c.1840-50 sub-Natural History By rotating the box twoOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1840 50Height: 37 or 20 at seatWidth: 26. 25Depth: 45 (all at extremities)In the manner of, or indeed made by R. W. Winfield, the black tubular steel frame with pad arms above scrolling supports and serpentine base rails, now freshly button back upholstered in Colefax and Fowlers Perseus carpet inspired fabric, the chair being comfortable and useable and surviving from early Victorian