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Add to these factors a significant improvement in mechanised bicycle manufacture and many more cycles for children being made available at this time plus the abandonment of more formal skirts and dresses that had made the pastime awkward for women in the Edwardian era

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A Napoleon III French Salon Ebonised Armchair Retailed by Le Maison Bon Marche, Paris poa-item Add to these factors aOrigin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd RepublicProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1870Height: 28 or 16 at seatWidth: 28Depth: 26The rare nineteenth century French easy armchair, retaining much of its original faded floral upholstery and tassel work, on ebonised legs with matching castors, ready for reupholstery (or hopefully not!), the whole stamped to the underside; Au Bon Marche, Maison, Artiside Boucicaut, Tapisserie, Ameublements, Paris. The chair is in very original