An Attractive Carved & Gilt Decorated 19thC Continental Limewood Torchère antiques there are four fixing holes

there are four fixing holes

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The original corded rope and hardwood toggle remain for pole attachment

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An Attractive Carved & Gilt Decorated 19thC Continental Limewood Torchère antiques there are four fixing holesOrigin: French or Italian Period: Mid Late 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 90 Height: 36 The Base: 15 x 14 The Top: 13 x 8. 25 The well proportioned limewood torchre with traces of the original gilding to the carved decoration, having a rectangular shelf top over a waisted triform column profusely carved with C scrolls, acanthus and oak leaf trails, on a tripartite base with central shells to scrolled feet raised on blocks, survives from