A PAIR OF ITALIAN GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS

MID-18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MARCHE

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS
Mid-18th Century, probably Marche
Each with a cartouche-shaped back and drop-in seat covered in floral velvet, the frame carved overall with entrelac, the arched toprail centred by an oval medallion with pearled border and centred by confronting cranes drinking in a fountain, the seat-rail centred by a star within a laurel-wreath medallion flanked by foliage, on cabriole legs headed by husks and terminating in up-swept foliate scrolls, each front seat-rail inscribed in black ink '825 BEH' and '829 BEH', respectively, the underside of the seats inscribed 'BEH/826/250.00' and '827/BEH/250' respectively, regilt
48 in. (124 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

The shape of the backs and the decorative scheme is related to a pair of armchairs which are slightly later in style, from the Marche region, and which are illustrated in A. Gonzlez-Palacios, I Mobili Italiani, Il patrimonio artistico del Quirinale, Milan, 1996, p. 295, no. 112.

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