Lot 100
100
A VENETIAN GILTWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIR with cartouche-shaped frame with central scallop-shaped and scrolling acanthus, rockwork and C-scrolls, the padded back and seat covered in gold silk floral damask with scrolling arms with similar rockwork and foliate-carving, the shaped seat-rail with central scallop-shell on hipped cabriole legs with pad feet, restorations to the gilding, first half 18th Century

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A VENETIAN GILTWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIR with cartouche-shaped frame with central scallop-shaped and scrolling acanthus, rockwork and C-scrolls, the padded back and seat covered in gold silk floral damask with scrolling arms with similar rockwork and foliate-carving, the shaped seat-rail with central scallop-shell on hipped cabriole legs with pad feet, restorations to the gilding, first half 18th Century
Provenance
The late Sir Philip Shelbourne, Myles Place, Salisbury, Wiltshire, sold Christie's house sale, 25 and 26 October 1993, lot 57

Lot Essay

A related pair of Venetian giltwood open armchairs was sold anonymously, Christie's Rome, 27 November 1990, lot 204

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