A Unique Irish Carved Fruitwood & Burl Root Folk Art Figure of a Lady Playing a Harp c.1860 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus the chairs have survived well

the chairs have survived well and we have administered a professional clean

This piece shows many of these influences in the way the shelves mimic the roofs of oriental pagodas

Arguably worth more as artefacts than as functional counters

There are paint flecks to the whole

A Unique Irish Carved Fruitwood & Burl Root Folk Art Figure of a Lady Playing a Harp c.1860 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus the chairs have survived wellOrigin: IrishPeriod: Mid VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1860Height: 15Width: 6. 5Depth: 4The extraordinary and unique primitive folk art figure of a lady playing a harp, her face wonderfully expressive, being hand carved from fruitwood and using the burls of the wood to form parts of the figure naturally, flowing to an integral circular base, the whole surviving from nineteenth century Ireland. The condition of the figure is good considering the