Live Auction 1166The European Connoisseur
A NORTH ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT AND RED-DECORATED TWO-SEATER SOFA
Lot 35THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 35-40)

A NORTH ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT AND RED-DECORATED TWO-SEATER SOFA

VENICE, MID-18TH CENTURY

Closed5 December 2013

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GBP 7,500

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A NORTH ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT AND RED-DECORATED TWO-SEATER SOFA
VENICE, MID-18TH CENTURY
The shaped rectangular pierced back carved with rockwork and foliage, with scrolled arm supports, above a pierced shaped seat covered in floral velvet damask, on cabriole legs with scrolled feet, traces of earlier decoration
41 in. (104 cm.) high; 66 in. (168 cm.) wide; 26 in. (66 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The form and carved decoration of the sofa is closely related to a suite of furniture in the Long Gallery of the Palazzo Albrizzi, Venice, comprising at least six white-lacquered and gilt sofas together with armchairs and console tables (C. Alberici, Il Mobile Veneto, Milan, 1980, p. 254, fig. 376). The intricately pierced backrests may be derived from models for chairs, first published by Matthew Darly in 1751, and reissued in The Chair-Maker's Guide, 1766 (E. Colle, Il Mobile Rococò in Italia, Milan, 2003, p. 362).