A Rare Pair of c.1770-1800 French Polychrome Painted & Carved Fairground Figures sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles full red lips and organically

full red lips and organically themed deep emerald green nape and headdress

Small as a flea or large as a cow

25 inches (with neck)

the whole stamped GILLOWS to the drawer and to both brass locks

very rarely are they found in picture form

A Rare Pair of c.1770-1800 French Polychrome Painted & Carved Fairground Figures sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles full red lips and organicallyOrigin: French Period: Louis XVI Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1780 1800 Height: 17. 5 inches & 17. 75 inches Width: 4. 75 inches each Depth: 3. 25 inches (at maximums) The rare pair of eighteenth century French fairground or showman's caravan carved wood figures of a gentleman and lady, with polychrome painted decoration both portrayed as standing, with caricature faces and possibly attired in the Oriental manner(?), the lady carrying a basket,