AN ITALIAN ROCOCO GILTWOOD ARMCHAIR,

POSSIBLY GENOA, MID-18TH CENTURY,

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AN ITALIAN ROCOCO GILTWOOD ARMCHAIR,
Possibly Genoa, Mid-18th Century,
The padded cartouche back and seat covered in pink silk damask, the cresting rail centered by a pierced rocaille clasp, the downswept arms above cabriole legs with scrolled feet

Lot Essay

Compare the form and profile of this armchair with two related Genoese chairs, one illustrated in A. Gonzalez-Palacio, Il Mobili in Liguria, Genoa, 1996, p. 234 and the other in L. Canonero, Barocchetto Genovese, Milan, 1962, fig. XXIII.

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