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AN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE WALNUT PARQUETRY AND MARQUETRY JUDGE'S CHAIR
With rectangular moulded pediment above a panelled back centrally inlaid with a classical architectural scene flanked by foliate-carved volutes above fluted pilasters, with rectangular seat fitted with a lift-top panel and flanked by foliate-carved sides, on rectangular plinth--83½in (208.7cm.) high, 36½in. (91.2cm.) wide, 21¼in. (53cm.) deep
With rectangular moulded pediment above a panelled back centrally inlaid with a classical architectural scene flanked by foliate-carved volutes above fluted pilasters, with rectangular seat fitted with a lift-top panel and flanked by foliate-carved sides, on rectangular plinth--83½in (208.7cm.) high, 36½in. (91.2cm.) wide, 21¼in. (53cm.) deep
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A related ecclesiastical chair is illustrated in W.M. Odom, A History of Italian Furniture, 1966, vol. I, p. 38, fig. 36.