A Late Victorian Carpet Upholstered Two-Seater Sofa c.1895 reserved containing an arrangement of sixteen

containing an arrangement of sixteen preserved butterfly specimens consisting of thirteen Orange-Barred Sulphur specimens (Phoebis philea) and three Vibrant Sulpher (Hebomoia leucippe) each positioned artistically on graduated cork finial pins

1829Height: 35”Width: 21”In entirely original condition

which we see on this portrait

The American wood duck or Carolina duck (Aix sponsa) specimen housed within a sparse naturalistic setting of grasses and branches to a buff paper background

The reverse shows most of the original paper backing

A Late Victorian Carpet Upholstered Two-Seater Sofa c.1895 reserved containing an arrangement of sixteenOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Late VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1890 1900Height: 37 or 17 at seatWidth: 60Depth: 28The Victorian period two seater sofa or settee having the original upholstered carpet moquette velour in a navy ground with madder rose amber and yellow patterning, the whole with barrel arms and pom pom tassels and rope piping, to turned front legs and castors to rear sabre legs and the whole surviving from the zeniths of nineteenth