Lot Essay
Venetian sofas with similarly exaggerated outscrolled arms are illustrated in S. Levy, Il Mobile Veneziano del Settecento, Görlich Editore, 1964, Vol. I, plates 63-65.
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN ROCOCO WALNUT SOFAS
PROBABLY VENETIAN
Each with arched back, outswept scroll ends and serpentine seat covered in pale green floral brocaded silk on cabriole legs with scroll feet (restoration to seat rails)--74in. (188cm.) wide (2)
PROBABLY VENETIAN
Each with arched back, outswept scroll ends and serpentine seat covered in pale green floral brocaded silk on cabriole legs with scroll feet (restoration to seat rails)--74in. (188cm.) wide (2)