A FINE AND RARE UPHOLSTERED MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR

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A FINE AND RARE UPHOLSTERED MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR
BY ANTONIO GAUDI FOR THE PALACIO GUELL, BARCELONA, CIRCA 1890

With rolled back, the arms formed by finely carved gargoyles, the upholstery of rose velvet--37½in. (95cm.) high, 26½in. (67.5cm.)wide, 24¾in. (63cm.) deep

cf. Juan-Eduardo Cirlot, The Genesis of Gaudian Architecture, George Wittenborn, Inc., New York, 1967, pl. 27-28; Gabrielle Monrove, Gaudi, Kappa Roma, Rome, 1979, pp. 10, 11, 70, 72 for illustrations of other chairs from the suite