19TH CENTURY, INCORPORATING LATE 16TH EARLY 17TH CENTURY ELEMENTS

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN WALNUT AND PARCEL-GILT SGABELLO HALL CHAIRS
19TH CENTURY, INCORPORATING LATE 16TH EARLY 17TH CENTURY ELEMENTS
Each with pierced tapering back filled with foliage and surmounted by sphinxes, the splat flanked by mermen, above a dished seat with rosette-carved edge on pierced S-scrolls supports centred by a cartouche painted with a red and white floret cross, with turned baluster stretcher, with circular label printed 'J.E. TAYLOR COLLECTION' and inscribed '306 2', losses to one foot (2)

Provenance

Baron Achille Seillière, château de Mello, France; sold Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 10 May 1890, either lots 552 or 553 (only 552 illustrated).
John Edward Taylor, Esq., 20 Kensington Palace Gardens; Christie's, London, 1-11 July 1912, lot 306.
George Lockett, Esq.; Christie's, London, 11-12 June 1942, lot 232 (purchased by F. Rozendaal for this collection).

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Lot Essay

These 'sgabelli' are of exceptionally elaborate design and, unsually, have a distinguished provenance stretching back until at least the end of the 19th century. In their overall design, they relate to the antiquarian purchases made by the Duke of Norfolk for Arundel Castle, Sussex, carried out under the advice of Davis of Pall Mall. A closely related pair of 'sgabelli' remain on the Stone staircase at Arundel. A further closely related hall chair is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, which was published in F. Schottmüller, Wohnungskultur und Möbel der Italienischen Renaissance, Stuttgart, 1921, p.171, fig.384, whilst other closely related 'sgabelli' are published in A. Gonzalez-Palacios, Fasto Romano, Rome, 1991, fig. XXIX.

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