A PAIR OF ITALIAN PINK-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CANAPES EN CORBEILLE

LATE 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY VENETIAN

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN PINK-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CANAPES EN CORBEILLE
Late 18th Century, Possibly Venetian
Each with moulded frame, shaped padded back, sides and seat upholstered in close-nailed blue fabric, the arched toprail and seat-rail above a plain moulded frieze and on spirally-turned tapering legs headed by foliate swags and upswept acanthus leaves and terminating in small bun feet, the central front leg of one canape with restored break, largely redecorated with traces of earlier decoration
73 in. (187 cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

A related Venetian canape, with curved upholstered ends and spiral-fluted legs, is illustrated in G. Morazzoni, Il Mobile Neoclassico Italiano, Milan, 1955, fig. CCCLIV. See also lot 106 in in this sale, a set of six side chairs with identical legs, possibly originally made en suite to these canapes.

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