Lot 283
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AN ITALIAN ROCOCO PARCEL-GILT AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED THRONE ARMCHAIR
AN ITALIAN ROCOCO PARCEL-GILT AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED THRONE ARMCHAIR

POSSIBLY GENOA, MID-18TH CENTURY

Details
AN ITALIAN ROCOCO PARCEL-GILT AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED THRONE ARMCHAIR
Possibly Genoa, mid-18th Century
The shaped rectangular back carved with rocaille and trailing foliage centering an assymetric C-scroll and shell-carved cartouche cresting carved with interlaced crescents, the padded back, arms, and seat upholstered a chassis in red leather, within a floral, foliate and ruffle-carved frame, on cabriole legs headed by shells, decorated overall with floweres and trellis, largely redecorated
57 in. (144.75 cm.) high, 30 in. (76 cm.) wide, 27 in. (68.5 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Although the decoration and overall form of this armchair is most usually associated with Venetian examples, the distinctive outline of the back and detailing of the carving possibly point to a Genoese origin. Related Genoese chairs are illustrated in A. Gonzalez-Palacios, Il Mobile in Liguria, Genoa, 1996, p. 234, and L. Canonero, Barocchetto Genovese, Milan, 1962, fig. XXIII. The interlaced crescents on the crestrail are probably those of a family crest.