A Good Decorative Late 19thC Ebonised Beech Pedestal c.1880-1900 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Ernest Forbes was an artist

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

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

He was a student of Gabriel Ferrier and François Flameng and exhibitioned at the Salon de Paris in 1913

Chances to own a Union flag of this quality and size are few and far between

After serving apprenticeship to a chemist

A Good Decorative Late 19thC Ebonised Beech Pedestal c.1880-1900 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Ernest Forbes was an artistOrigin: 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