A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Lady c.1780-90 antiques Lechertier Barbe’s trade catalogue

Lechertier Barbe’s trade catalogue

Otherwise all is well with this amusing gadget cane that would have been assembled and re-assembled many a time over

There are some losses to the carving and gilding but this is relatively low considering the age and the whole still retains much original paint and probably the original velvet upholstery

Depth: 2” (all at extremities)

A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Lady c.1780-90 antiques Lechertier Barbe’s trade catalogueOrigin: French Period: Louis XVI Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1780 90 Height: 23. 25 Width: 19 The beautiful half length portrait in rectangular form of a French lady, painted in oils on canvas and unframed, wearing a beautiful lace and flowered headdress, pouffed lace neckdress, to a stole laden satin dress, her soft face looking out to the viewer with beautifully rendered blue eyes, her curly locked hair billowing from beneath the lace, the work