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Details
A set of four Italian giltwood side chairs, late 19th century
Each with a shaped moulded medallion back carved with foliage, flowers and a shell and drop in seat covered in blue silk velvet, the seat rails carved conformingly and on cabriole legs headed by acanthus, the seat rails numbered 1,4,5,9 respectively and the underside of the seats 3,4,6,9, minor losses, the gilding flaking in areas, restorations (4)
Each with a shaped moulded medallion back carved with foliage, flowers and a shell and drop in seat covered in blue silk velvet, the seat rails carved conformingly and on cabriole legs headed by acanthus, the seat rails numbered 1,4,5,9 respectively and the underside of the seats 3,4,6,9, minor losses, the gilding flaking in areas, restorations (4)
Provenance
reputedly once owned by Mussolini