Lot Essay
A virtually identical chair and settee (possibly the offered lots) are illustrated in W. Odom, A History of Italian Furniture, New York, 1967, vol. II, pp. 328-9 (Property of Stanford White).
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POSSIBLY LOMBARDY, CIRCA 1790
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A SET OF SIX NORTH ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT FAUTEUILS
Possibly Lombardy, Circa 1790
Each with flared crestrail carved with crossed, ribbon-tied flowering branches, above a padded back cushion and seat covered with cream silk damask on fluted square supports, the seatrail carved with alternating ribbon-tied leaf bunches joined by scrolled acanthus, on square tapering fluted legs headed by flowerheads, four chair bearing a metal tag stamped 394/W.C.W, 396/W.C.W., 397/W.C.W., 375/W.C.W. (6)
Possibly Lombardy, Circa 1790
Each with flared crestrail carved with crossed, ribbon-tied flowering branches, above a padded back cushion and seat covered with cream silk damask on fluted square supports, the seatrail carved with alternating ribbon-tied leaf bunches joined by scrolled acanthus, on square tapering fluted legs headed by flowerheads, four chair bearing a metal tag stamped 394/W.C.W, 396/W.C.W., 397/W.C.W., 375/W.C.W. (6)