AN ITALIAN CREAM-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT WALNUT THRONE CHAIR

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This impressive throne chair, like many other pieces in this collection, was acquired from the legendary Turin dealer Pietro Accorsi (1891-1982), whose palazzo and gallery on the Via Po were a magnet for collectors from all over the world. Much of his private collection, including extraordinary pieces by Pietro Piffetti, is now open to the public as the Fondazione Accorsi in Turin. Accorsi's taste and connoisseurship were justly celebrated, and exemplified the sophisticated Turinese aesthetic of combining Italian and French furniture to an equal degree, enlivened by rich needlework upholstery, colourful painted surfaces and chinoiserie decoration, all of which are fully represented in this collection. Accorsi was also tireless in his efforts in maintaining and augmenting public collections in Italy, working closely with museum curators in Turin such as Vittorio Viale, who organized the famous exhibition Mostra del Barocco Piemontese in 1963, while he also worked on the reorganisation of the furnishings of the Palazzo Quirinale in Rome.

AN ITALIAN CREAM-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT WALNUT THRONE CHAIR

EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN CREAM-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT WALNUT THRONE CHAIR
Early 18th Century
The rectangular arched back and seat covered in 18th Century gros and petit point needlework depicting a cartouche with two ladies in a pastoral landscape, and a lion amidst foliage, the shaped armrests and scrolled supports carved with interlaced lambrequined motifs, the conforming legs joined by an x-shaped stretcher centred by a floral urn, the underside with Pietro Accorsi trade label inscribed '2509/eno' to the back, the needlework with restorations, the outer panels in gros point rewoven, redecorated, possibly originally entirely gilt, the finial to the stretcher probably replaced
20½ in.(123 cm.) high

Provenance

With Pietro Accorsi, Turin.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This impressive throne chair, like many other pieces in this collection, was acquired from the legendary Turin dealer Pietro Accorsi (1891-1982), whose palazzo and gallery on the Via Po were a magnet for collectors from all over the world. Much of his private collection, including extraordinary pieces by Pietro Piffetti, is now open to the public as the Fondazione Accorsi in Turin.

Accorsi's taste and connoisseurship were justly celebrated, and exemplified the sophisticated Turinese aesthetic of combining Italian and French furniture to an equal degree, enlivened by rich needlework, painted surfaces and chinoiserie decoration, all of which are fully represented in the Piaggio Croce collection. Accorsi was also tireless in his efforts in maintaining and augmenting public collections in Italy, working closely with museum curators in Turin such as Vittorio Viale, who organized the famous exhibition Mostra del Barocco Piemontese in 1963, while he also worked on the reorganisation of the furnishing of the Palazzo Quirinale in Rome.

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