A PAIR OF NEAPOLOTAN GILTWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIRS, each with arched, tapering channelled rectangular back carved with a floral spray above scrolled arms, the padded seat covered in yellow silk floral damask, upon rosette-headed panelled husk-enriched square tapering legs, late 18th Century, one with later blocks, both with batten-holes (2)
Details
A PAIR OF NEAPOLOTAN GILTWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIRS, each with arched, tapering channelled rectangular back carved with a floral spray above scrolled arms, the padded seat covered in yellow silk floral damask, upon rosette-headed panelled husk-enriched square tapering legs, late 18th Century, one with later blocks, both with batten-holes (2)
Provenance
Mrs. E. M. Burke, Stackallan, Co. Meath, Ireland, sold Christie's house sale, 20 October 1992, lot 81
Lot Essay
A related pair of Neapolitan chairs is illustrated in A. Murano, Il Mobile Napoletano del Settecento, Naples, 1977, tav LV