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MID-18TH CENTURY, VENICE
Details
AN ITALIAN PALE GREEN POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND PARCEL-GILT ARMCHAIR
Mid-18th Century, Venice
En suite with the preceding lot, the moulded and carved shaped pierced back, arms and seat overall decorated with C-scrolls and floral sprays against a light green lacca background, the back with a central medallion carved with a dolphin emerging from water and flanked by water leaves and rockwork, above naturalistic radiating support, the base of the back with pierced medallion framed by stylised foliage, the shaped seatrail conformingly decorated above cabriole front legs and splayed back legs, the padded seat upholstered à chassis in floral and striped silk, gilding rubbed with areas of refreshment and traces of original decoration, polychrome decoration largely original with areas of refreshment, especially to back
40¼ in. (102.5 cm.) high; 28 in. (71 cm.) wide
Mid-18th Century, Venice
En suite with the preceding lot, the moulded and carved shaped pierced back, arms and seat overall decorated with C-scrolls and floral sprays against a light green lacca background, the back with a central medallion carved with a dolphin emerging from water and flanked by water leaves and rockwork, above naturalistic radiating support, the base of the back with pierced medallion framed by stylised foliage, the shaped seatrail conformingly decorated above cabriole front legs and splayed back legs, the padded seat upholstered à chassis in floral and striped silk, gilding rubbed with areas of refreshment and traces of original decoration, polychrome decoration largely original with areas of refreshment, especially to back
40¼ in. (102.5 cm.) high; 28 in. (71 cm.) wide
Provenance
By repute, supplied to the Villa Pisani, Stra.
With Tullio Silva, Milan and Filippo Giordano, Turin circa 1958.
With Tullio Silva, Milan and Filippo Giordano, Turin circa 1958.
Literature
G. Morazzoni, Il Mobile Veneziano del'700, Milan, 1958, figs. XCVa, XCVI and XCVII (illustrated).
C. Alberici, Il Mobile Veneto,Milan, 1980, cat. 374-5, pp. 252-3 (illustrated).
A. Gonzàlez-Palacios, Il Patrimonio Artistico del Quirinale: I Mobili Italiani, Milan, 1996, p. 344.
C. Alberici, Il Mobile Veneto,Milan, 1980, cat. 374-5, pp. 252-3 (illustrated).
A. Gonzàlez-Palacios, Il Patrimonio Artistico del Quirinale: I Mobili Italiani, Milan, 1996, p. 344.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.