Lot 82
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A SUITE OF TWELVE SPANISH PARCEL-GILT AND MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
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A SUITE OF TWELVE SPANISH PARCEL-GILT AND MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS

SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A SUITE OF TWELVE SPANISH PARCEL-GILT AND MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Each with outscrolled toprail and tapering back fitted with foliate mounts, the padded back and seat upholstered with ivory floral silk damask and green stitched borders above a bowed front seat rail mounted with a flowerhead flanked by trailing leaves, on slight cabriole legs headed by further acanthus motifs, minor losses to parcel-gilt carved elements (12)
Provenance
By repute, María Cristina, Queen of Spain (1806-1878), thence by descent.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This suite of seat furniture is representative of the 'Fernandino' style. While similar types of side chairs are conserved in various Royal Spanish houses, as Palacio de la Granja, an almost identical side chair with the same pierced inverted foliate heart motif on top of the legs is to be found in the music room of the Palacio de Aranjuez. See L. Feduchi Colecciones Reales de Espana - El Mueble, Madrid, 1965, p. 251, fig. 152.

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