ROME, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

Details

A SET OF SIX ITALIAN GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS
ROME, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Each frame carved with reclining River God to the toprail, the base of the back with foliate zoomorphic masks, on foliate-carved turned tapering legs
38 ½ in. (98 cm.) high; 24 ½ in. (62 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep

Provenance

Possibly Palazzo Caetani, Rome.

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Lot Essay

Combining finely carved figural medallions with serpentine outlines, this set of armchairs is emblematic of neoclassical seat furniture produced in Rome in the late 18th century. It is identical to a group of six armchairs in the Fondazione Caetani, of which one is illustrated in A. González-Palacios, Fasto Romano: dipinti, sculture, arredi dai Palazzi di Roma, Exhibition Catalogue, 13 May – 30 June 1991, Rome, pp. 183-184, no. 132.

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