A French Shell Backed & Ebonised Sofa c.1930 sub-Curios brought back from South Africa

brought back from South Africa several years previous

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A French Shell Backed & Ebonised Sofa c.1930 sub-Curios brought back from South AfricaOrigin: French Period: Art Deco Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1930 Height: 29. 5 or 18 at seat Width: 80 Depth: 38 The shell or scalloped shaped sprung back sofa, in a cerulean coloured fabric, having tapered cone ebonised legs, hailing from the Art Deco period, the whole of deep and roomy proportions and surviving from the second quarter of twentieth century France. In good sturdy order, the fabric being first decade of the 21st century with some