Lot 106
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT NEOCLASSIC ARMCHAIRS

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

Each with rectangular padded back upholstered in apricot and cream cut velvet, above outscrolled arms on square tapering legs headed by paterae, (losses and wear) (2)

Lot Essay

A virtually identical pair of chairs, formerly in the collection of Baron Confalonieri, Milan, was sold Christie's London, 29 November 1990, lot 247. A related pair of Neapolitan chairs is illustrated in A. Murano, Il Mobile Napoletano del Settecento, 1977, pl. LV.