A Pair of Early/Mid 20thC Italian Carved White Carrera Marble Atlantes Jambs c.1920-40 sub-Decorative Objects this chair would have been

this chair would have been well used within the rooms of a Welsh farmhouse in the second quarter of the nineteenth century

It is a defaced British blue ensign

and esteemed by many as the ultimate authority on fencing

The signature to the right is clear but we cannot find any further information on the artist

A Pair of Early/Mid 20thC Italian Carved White Carrera Marble Atlantes Jambs c.1920-40 sub-Decorative Objects this chair would have beenOrigin: Italian Period: Early Mid 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1920 40 Heights: 38 Widths: 11 Depths: 8. 5 The striking and crisply modelled pair of carved white Carrera marble architectural jambs, conceived in the classical tradition of the atlantes in eighteenth century fashion, each figure presented standing, the bodies drawn inward with arms folded across the chest, the heads gently bowed in a gesture that suggests quiet burden rather than