A PAIR OF SPANISH BAROQUE STYLE POLYCHROME-DECORATED HALL SETTEES

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A PAIR OF SPANISH BAROQUE STYLE POLYCHROME-DECORATED HALL SETTEES

Each with scalloped tapering back above a rectangular seat above shaped apron and block feet decorated throughout with masks, foliage, and scrollwork-82in. (208.3cm.) high, 81in. (206cm.) wide, 14in. (35.5cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

The offered lot relates closely to designs for similar hall settees dating from the early 18th century. The bold, scrolling design is quite similar to one for a settee illustrated in G. Ferrari, Il Legno e La Mobilia Nell 'Arte Italiana, n.d., p. 346, pl. LIV, and another settee now in the collection of the Nelson-Atkin Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, illustrated in A. Gonzales-Palacios, Il Tempo Del Gusto, 1986, p. 258 pl. 517.