SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND GILTWOOD DOORS
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Of Renaissance revival style, each with a central circular panel painted with putti flanked by a two square panels painted with a coat-of-arms and two additional circular panels painted with lyres, the opposite sides each with two octagonal panels of classical maidens on a gold ground and further arabesque panels, all framed in egg-and-dart moldings and further arabesque scrollwork, some losses to one side of one door
93¼ in. (237 cm.) high, 21¼ in. (54 cm.) wide, each door (2)

Provenance

Alessandro, 2nd Prince of Civitella-Cesi, Duke of Ceri and Prince of Fucina.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 27 September 2000, lot 393.

Lot Essay

Alessandro, the Prince of Civitella-Cesi (1800-1886) married on 16 July 1840, in Rome, Donna Teresa Colonna-Doria (1823-1875). These doors, bearing his coat-of-arms, would have probably been part of one of their Roman palaces.

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