A Superb Large French 19thC Painted Ceiling Rose Plafonnier sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The humble bookcase turned on

The humble bookcase turned on its head

It was in the thirteenth century that the game as it is played today became popular though there is a positive recorded history of bowls having been played in England as far back as the 12th century

but the whole is superbly original order and the drawers run smooth with the carcass structurally sound

and the owners of the house who have lived there for the past 35 years

A Superb Large French 19thC Painted Ceiling Rose Plafonnier sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The humble bookcase turned onOrigin: French Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 90 Diameter: 26 inches Height: 6 inches (at maximum) The large wooden French ceiling rose or plafonnier, profusely carved with garlands and wreaths with central rose head, the whole carved in one piece and with the original pale green painted surface surviving from nineteenth century France. The piece is in good overall condition and does not suffer form losses or