Early 19th Century original painted Sussex Chair

c1830 Sussex Chair with remnants of the original green paint visible through the later black. 

Condition commensurate with age and use.

Provenance: It has a nice provenance note attached to it....literally the little paper note was attached to it. 

Cynthia Chance was part of the world renown Glass making Chance Bros family. Whose noteable works included supplying all the glass for The Crystal Palace, London 1851 Exhibition and Lighthouse houses for all the Lighthouses in the British Empire.

Caspidge House, Bromsgrove  was the Chance family Estate, not too far from their Foundry in Smethick, West Midlands, England.