A Good Decorative Late 19thC Ebonised Beech Pedestal c.1880-1900 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles known as the tarantula pattern

known as the tarantula pattern

or pyrography as it is now known

Ernest Forbes was an artist who essentially turned his back on fame and fortune

having become unattached to the pin hinges but the rest of the box is sound

Pelas are made by crossing the colorful wool fibers from the warp horizontally and then combing it into the ground

A Good Decorative Late 19thC Ebonised Beech Pedestal c.1880-1900 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles known as the tarantula patternOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: From the Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever. Date: c. 1880 1900 Height: 42. 25 Diameter at Top: 11 or 9. 5 for Display Items The decorative ebonised beech pedestal having baluster shaped lower and top sections to a fluted central column to a circular piecrust top and raised with four concealed bun feet, the whole showing an attractive aged finish and patina, worn commensurate with use, survives from the