A PAIR OF VENETIAN ROCOCO POLYCHROME-PAINTED ARMCHAIRS

MID 18TH CENTURY AND REDECORATED

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A PAIR OF VENETIAN ROCOCO POLYCHROME-PAINTED ARMCHAIRS
Mid 18th Century and redecorated
Each with a pierced cartouche form back centered with a carved shell above a pierced interlaced splat and a serpentine overupholstered seat covered in 18th Century floral woven silk and flanked by out-scrolled arms and supported on cabriole legs terminating in scrolled toes (2)

Provenance

The chairs: Lawrence's Auctioneers, Bletchingley, England.

The Silk: Sotheby's London, "Rossi Collection", 10th march 1999, Lot 59.

Lot Essay

Examples of side-chairs similar in design to the present pair and dating from the mid-18th century are illustrated in G. Wannenes, Mobili d'Italia, Milano, 1984, p. 58 and G. Morazzoni, Il Mobile Veneziano del '700, Milan, 1927, plate CXLV.
A mid-18th century pair of similar side chairs were sold Sotheby's London, The Italian Furniture from the Estate of the Late Giuseppe Rossi, 10 March 1999, lot 121.
A similar set of sixteen Italian rococo style side chairs were sold at Christie's Rockefeller Plaza, 24 April 2001, lot 235, ($47,000)

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