Antique French Brittany Carved Oak Bench with 16th Century Portrait Panels 1560 Recently Added The painting depicts a scene

The painting depicts a scene of blue skies with two farmers tossing hay with pitchforks & two horses harnessed to a hay wagon

the Chicago based Dart Gallery label to the verso

also lined with the original velvet and flanked by two long doors inlaid with oval paterae and enclosing a single shelf

Paul de Frick was born in Paris and lived there until his death in 1935

The base with the impressed Rookwood mark and the date for 1934 in Roman numerals "XXXIV" and the impressed shape number of "6214"

Antique French Brittany Carved Oak Bench with 16th Century Portrait Panels 1560 Recently Added The painting depicts a sceneA rare French Brittany carved oak bench from the late 19th century, fitted with original carved French Renaissance portrait panels from circa, 1560. The bench was constructed in Brittany circa 1890 mainly from ancient timber repurposed from other 16th century furniture, the back is mounted with a pair of finials & two back rails surrounded with a carved frieze and scrolled acanthus brackets to the sides. The armrests are carved with gargoyle head