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SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
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a suite of italian giltwood seat furniture
Second half 19th Century
Comprising a settee and four open armchairs, the armchairs each with turned ribbon foliate-carved oval padded back, scrolled foliate arms and seat covered in yellow striped and floral silk above a guilloche-carved seat rail and on turned tapering fluted legs headed by paterae; the settee with arched padded back, arms and oval cushion seat covered in yellow striped and floral silk, the top rail carved with turned ribbon and centring on a twin flower-head cresting, scrolled foliate arms above a guilloche-carved seat rail and on turned tapering fluted legs headed by paterae
the settee 150cm. wide (5)
Second half 19th Century
Comprising a settee and four open armchairs, the armchairs each with turned ribbon foliate-carved oval padded back, scrolled foliate arms and seat covered in yellow striped and floral silk above a guilloche-carved seat rail and on turned tapering fluted legs headed by paterae; the settee with arched padded back, arms and oval cushion seat covered in yellow striped and floral silk, the top rail carved with turned ribbon and centring on a twin flower-head cresting, scrolled foliate arms above a guilloche-carved seat rail and on turned tapering fluted legs headed by paterae
the settee 150cm. wide (5)