A Late Victorian Velvet & Carpet Upholstered Three-Seater Sofa c.1900 sub-Antiques The continental provincial feel of

The continental provincial feel of the paintwork and tracery has rococo

" All accounts agree however that the portrait was given to Pope Innocent VIII by the Turkish emperor for the ransom of his brother who was held captive by the Christians

showing the head of a black boy

The castors are also original to the piece but are a little stiff

A Late Victorian Velvet & Carpet Upholstered Three-Seater Sofa c.1900 sub-Antiques The continental provincial feel ofOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 Height: 28 or 15 at seat Width: 84 Depth: 36 The late Victorian period three seater sofa, at seven feet long, having the original upholstered carpet moquette in madder rose peacock blue and gold patterning to a jewelled ruby fuchsia pink velvet ground, the whole with a rolled top, scrolled and flared arms and rope piping, to good ebonised front legs and large brass wheel castors