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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
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