A SUITE OF EGYPTIAN REVIVAL POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT WALNUT SEAT FURNITURE

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A SUITE OF EGYPTIAN REVIVAL POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT WALNUT SEAT FURNITURE
Comprising a settee, an armchair and side chair, each with sunburst and wing finial over oval close-nailed patterned pig skin back above reeded arms with incurved seatrail over ring-turned tapering feet on casters
The settee: 47in. (119.2cm.) high, 63¼in. (160cm.) wide, 27in. (68.8cm.) deep (3)

Lot Essay

The present lot was acquired by Duquette while on a road trip to Virginia City, Nevada, with Vincente Minnelli. Duquette later enhanced the seat furniture with polychrome decoration and lent it to Minnelli to decorate his house in Beverly Hills