LATE 18TH CENTURY
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AN ITALIAN PAPIER-MACHE CROSS-SECTION MODEL OF A ROTUNDA
Late 18th Century
Decorated overall with gilt and embossed paper, the domed top with an eight-light chandelier, the coffered ceiling with foliate motifs and applied polychrome flowers, the exterior starred and scaled top above a studded frieze with various beaded borders, on eight reeded composite columns on a polychrome-decorated stepped glass base, restorations, partially re-papered, possibly Sicilian
25½in. (65cm.) wide; 33½in. (85cm.) high
Late 18th Century
Decorated overall with gilt and embossed paper, the domed top with an eight-light chandelier, the coffered ceiling with foliate motifs and applied polychrome flowers, the exterior starred and scaled top above a studded frieze with various beaded borders, on eight reeded composite columns on a polychrome-decorated stepped glass base, restorations, partially re-papered, possibly Sicilian
25½in. (65cm.) wide; 33½in. (85cm.) high