A SET OF SEVEN ITALIAN GILT-METAL-MOUNTED, POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT DINING CHAIRS

PROBABLY TUSCANY, CIRCA 1790

细节

A SET OF SEVEN ITALIAN GILT-METAL-MOUNTED, POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT DINING CHAIRS
Probably Tuscany, Circa 1790
Comprising one armchair and six sidechairs, each with a rectangular back centered by a military trophy splat with a pressed metal shield centering the Hapsburg double-headed eagle surmounted by a five-pointed crown, above a padded seat covered in green moire silk, over a panelled seat rail, on fluted sabre legs, the frame with simulated beading overall, partially redecorated (7)

来源

Purchased from Mallett, London, 1980

拍品专文

This remarkable set of dining chairs, with their back splat in the form of a military trophy applied with the Hapsburg double eagle, no doubt trace their origin to an interior intended for either Joseph II (d. 1790) or Leopold II , Holy Roman Emperors who ruled the grand duchy of Tuscany at this time.