More Photos of Tete a Tete with Beaded Caster Ferrules

Hi!
I hope that I am allowed to do this! Here is a continuation (but really a new thread) of the Beaded Brass Caster Ferrules discussion. Thank you 1881victorian for your input and the link to the Jelliff chairs with the beaded caster ferrules. Special thanks also to those who gave me the info and advice as to where to buy repro beaded caster ferrules.
Here are more photos of the tete a tete. It is painted brown--I want you opinion--should it be ebonized and gilt?  Any ideas as to an attribution?
Thanks

Well...you got me.  I don't know who might have made this.  I'm not entirely confident in when it might have been made either, but the casters & leafy design still suggest 1880s to me. 

I certainly don't know why such a thing would be painted brown...

I'll defer to others on whether or not such a piece might have been ebonized.  I wonder if the brown paint is a lazy-person's approach to dealing with an ebonized finish in favor of a "wood" look.  I suspect that there are a lot of people out there who see an old ebonized finish as "black paint" that detracts from the appearance of wood. 

- Jason

Hi!
Thanks for your input. The piece was obtained in this condition and I think you are right as far as a lazy person's pseudo-solution to an checked or worn ebonized finish. I think that I am going to advise the owners of the piece that it likely should be gilded and ebonized--at least a much more likely finish than what currently exists.
Thanks!