An Early 20thC French Card & Softwood Pierrot Clown Pop Up c.1910-30 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage the quality in the design

the quality in the design and the materials used are of the highest order

Brings a whole new meaning to ‘time-worn’… epic

Back in 1935 the rise in popularity of cycling was measured in share prices and output

with craquelure to the surface as photographed

comprising of two tiers of articulated candle arms and ten cups adorned with winged griffins

An Early 20thC French Card & Softwood Pierrot Clown Pop Up c.1910-30 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage the quality in the designOrigin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd RepublicProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1910 25Height: 22. 5Width: 13Depth: 2The amusing and highly decorative printed pressed card and softwood pop up, modelled as two clowns, or Pierrots with typically brightly adorned face make up, pointed hats, shoes and costumes, the concealed clown popping up when the lower bullseye button marked depose is pressed from a wooden mechanism, to a black line decorated backing with hanging cord,