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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV CREAM-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT FAUTEUILS
Each with cartouche-shaped padded backs and loose squab cushion covered in close-nailed ivory, silk and metal thread needlework, the serpentine toprail centered by a rocaille flanked by scrolling foliage and rockwork on slightly outcurved arms with leaf-wrapped scroll terminals on acanthus-wrapped supports above a serpentine frontrail centred by a rocaille cartouche on cabochon-headed cabriole legs and leaf-wrapped scroll feet, redecorated, regilt, the upholstery worn, later blocks, one with label to the reverse 'PIETRO ACCORSI - ANTICHITA' (2)
Each with cartouche-shaped padded backs and loose squab cushion covered in close-nailed ivory, silk and metal thread needlework, the serpentine toprail centered by a rocaille flanked by scrolling foliage and rockwork on slightly outcurved arms with leaf-wrapped scroll terminals on acanthus-wrapped supports above a serpentine frontrail centred by a rocaille cartouche on cabochon-headed cabriole legs and leaf-wrapped scroll feet, redecorated, regilt, the upholstery worn, later blocks, one with label to the reverse 'PIETRO ACCORSI - ANTICHITA' (2)
Provenance
Pietro Accorsi, Turin.