AN ITALIAN WALNUT X-FRAMED STOOL, by V. Aimoni, with foliate- carved baluster-turned arms supported by grotesque figures with richly scrolled hair and muscular bodies, with claw feet supporting a tasselled squab cushion and apron upholstered in close-cut brown velvet decorated with birds and foliage, the channelled X-frame centred by a grimacing mask, upon scrolled hairy paw claw feet joined by baluster- turned stretchers, stamped V. AIMONI