LARGE COLLECTION OF FORTY MARBLE FRUIT IN A BASKET Dining Chairs Domed painted marriage box decorated

Domed painted marriage box decorated with hearts and foliate decoration

Dimensions: 172cm h x 37cm w x 37cm d

Circa 1900

Each features a prominently raised crest on the headrest

is a protest against Nazism

LARGE COLLECTION OF FORTY MARBLE FRUIT IN A BASKET Dining Chairs Domed painted marriage box decoratedWonderful collection of over 40 Italian lifesize marble & albaster fruit presented in an large wicker basket. This colourful and decorative collection of trompe l'oeil comprises 1 pears, 2 plums, 1 lemon, 2 oranges, 2 mandarins, 2 apples, 4 date plums, 1 peach, 4 apricots, 1 pomegranate, 10 figs, 1 bunch of 3 cherries, 1 bunch of 4 yellow crabapples, 1 banana, 1 prickly pear and 4 walnuts. They range in date from the late 19th to mid 20th Century