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A PAIR OF ITALIAN ROCOCO SCARLET-PAINTED ARMCHAIRS
MID-18TH CENTURY, VENETIAN
Each with cartouche-shaped back with pierced interlaced splat, with scroll arms and padded serpentine seat, on cabriole legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher, upholstered in cream and gold striped silk, decorated throughout with floral sprays
A closely related armchair is illustrated in S. Levy, Il Mobile Veneziano del Settecento, 1964, vol. I, fig. 38; another example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is illustrated in G. Morazzoni, Mobili Veneziani Laccati, n.d. vol. I, pl. XLVIII, nos. 2 and 3. (2)
MID-18TH CENTURY, VENETIAN
Each with cartouche-shaped back with pierced interlaced splat, with scroll arms and padded serpentine seat, on cabriole legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher, upholstered in cream and gold striped silk, decorated throughout with floral sprays
A closely related armchair is illustrated in S. Levy, Il Mobile Veneziano del Settecento, 1964, vol. I, fig. 38; another example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is illustrated in G. Morazzoni, Mobili Veneziani Laccati, n.d. vol. I, pl. XLVIII, nos. 2 and 3. (2)