Lot 327
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A VENETIAN BOXWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIR in the manner of Andrea Brustolon, with arched padded back and rectangular seat covered in florally patterned blue cut-velvet, the frame boldly carved with acanthus leaves, on straight legs joined by a box stretcher and on upturned scroll feet, re-railed, repair to front stretcher

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A VENETIAN BOXWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIR in the manner of Andrea Brustolon, with arched padded back and rectangular seat covered in florally patterned blue cut-velvet, the frame boldly carved with acanthus leaves, on straight legs joined by a box stretcher and on upturned scroll feet, re-railed, repair to front stretcher

Lot Essay

This chair appears to be the pair to one in the Victoria & Albert Museum, acquired in 1976 from Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire (W6-1976), discussed in P. Thornton, 'Fringe Benefits', The Connoisseur, September 1977, p. 2

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