A SET OF FOUR ITALIAN WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT SIDE CHAIRS

LATE 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY VENETIAN

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A SET OF FOUR ITALIAN WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT SIDE CHAIRS
Late 18th Century, possibly Venetian
Each covered in associated silk embroidery, the oval channelled padded back above a padded serpentine seat, on spirally-fluted tapering legs with leaf-wrapped feet, the underside of one seat rail inscribed '3', redecorated, with traces of earlier pink decoration (4)

Lot Essay

These elegant side chairs have identical legs to the pair of canapes offered in this sale as lot 85, and may originally have formed part of the same suite. Interestingly, these chairs also have a layer of pink decoration underneath the present surface, similar to the decoration of the canapes, further strengthening this possible link.

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