Antique French Brittany Carved Oak Bench with 16th Century Portrait Panels 1560 Recently Added the Chicago based Dart Gallery

the Chicago based Dart Gallery label to the verso

Oregon Painters: the First Hundred Years (1859-1959)

also lined with the original velvet and flanked by two long doors inlaid with oval paterae and enclosing a single shelf

with enameled floral & bat decoration

Antique French Brittany Carved Oak Bench with 16th Century Portrait Panels 1560 Recently Added the Chicago based Dart GalleryA rare French Brittany carved oak bench from the late 19th century, fitted with original carved French Renaissance portrait panels from circa, 1560. The bench was constructed in Brittany circa 1890 mainly from ancient timber repurposed from other 16th century furniture, the back is mounted with a pair of finials & two back rails surrounded with a carved frieze and scrolled acanthus brackets to the sides. The armrests are carved with gargoyle head