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A PAIR OF ITALIAN WROUGHT IRON AND BRASS 'FALDISTORIO' FOLDING STOOLS
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN WROUGHT IRON AND BRASS 'FALDISTORIO' FOLDING STOOLS

OF LATE 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN WROUGHT IRON AND BRASS 'FALDISTORIO' FOLDING STOOLS
OF LATE 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
Each with pomegranate finials above a seat covered in yellow silk damask, the x-frame supports centred by flowerheads and joined by stretchers, with conforming fringed squab cushion, the armrests later
33¼ in. (84.5 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) wide; 18 in. (45.5 cm.) deep (2)

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Derived from the Antique curule stool this type of folding stool is commonly called faldistorio. A closely related stool is in the Bardini collection, Florence, and another, dated 1604 is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

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