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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9833672, member: 2844&quot;]It looks 19th century Revival to me. Could be from northwestern Europe.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is unlike anything I have seen of Peruvian colonial style furniture, although I have seen Peruvian chairs with elaborate crowns added to an otherwise undecorated back.</p><p>Edit: I see Debora posted a Peruvian crown on an otherwise not very elaborate chair.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie45" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The arch could be related to European furniture as well, like the arches on this typical 17th century &#039;Amelander kast&#039; from one of the northern Dutch islands:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]490981[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.limburgantiquairs.com/Furniture/Amelander-kast2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.limburgantiquairs.com/Furniture/Amelander-kast2" rel="nofollow">https://www.limburgantiquairs.com/Furniture/Amelander-kast2</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I am pretty sure that is a Maya stone &#039;hacha&#039;, so not Peruvian. It looks different from the figures on the chair to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think they are meant to represent pumas, more likely mythical beasts. Besides, Peruvian colonial furniture occasionally features European style lion heads, rather than pumas.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ditto.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because they loved it. Maybe for sentimental reasons. Happens all the time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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