A SET OF SIX ITALIAN EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT CHAIRS

POSSIBLY LUCCA

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A SET OF SIX ITALIAN EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT CHAIRS
POSSIBLY LUCCA
INCLUDING A PAIR OF OPEN ARMCHAIRS, EACH WITH DEEPLY-CURVED PANELLED TOPRAIL DECORATED WITH PATERAE, ANTHEMION AND PALMETTE TRAILS, ABOVE A PIERCED BACK, THE ARMCHAIRS WITH GRIFFINS SPLAT AND SWAN SUPPORTS, THE SIDE CHAIRS WITH LYRE SPLAT, THE SEAT-RAIL WITH A CENTRAL PATERA FLANKED BY BERRIED ACORNS AND PALMETTES, ON SABRE LEGS, PREVIOUSLY WHITE-PAINTED, RESTORATIONS AND MINOR LOSSES TO THE CARVING (6)

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SEVERAL CARVED FEATURES OF THIS SUITE RELATE TO THE DESIGNS FOR FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE OBJECTS BY GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI, WHICH ARE REPRODUCED IN J. WILTON-ELY, GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI, THE COMPLETE ETCHINGS, SAN FRANSISCO, 1994, VOL. II, P. 952 AND 957, FIGS. 879, 883-884. A PAIR OF RELATED FAUTEUILS, WITH SIMILAR SWAN SUPPORTS IS ILLUSTRATED IN A.M.C. FILOMARIANO, L'OTTOCENTO I MOBILI TEMPO DEI NONNI, MILAN, 1969, P. 211.

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