A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC BROWN-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT ARMCHAIRS

TUSCAN, CIRCA 1805

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC BROWN-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT ARMCHAIRS
Tuscan, circa 1805
Each having a square padded back above downswept arms and an X-form base, carved overall with leafy stems, upholstered in red velvet (2)

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The square back and carved X-form frame exhibit the influences of French and Etruscan styles typical of Tuscan furniture of this period. For a similar model, see Morazzoni, Il Mobile Neoclassico Italiano, Milan, 1955, plate 203.

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