A NORTH ITALIAN BLUE AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT SETTEE

MID-18TH CENTURY, VENICE

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A NORTH ITALIAN BLUE AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT SETTEE
Mid-18th Century, Venice
Decorated overall with flowers and foliate carving, the chanelled arched back, arms and squab-cushion covered in blue-embroidered silk, the inner band of frame with lappeted band, on cabriole legs terminating in scroll feet, refreshments to the decoration and gilding
68in. (172cm.) wide

Provenance

With Renard et Fils, Beaulieu-Sur-Mer, acquired at the XIII Biennale International des Antiquaires, Monte Carlo, 1999.

Lot Essay

The delicate floral decoration on a pale blue ground of this charming settee is typical of the refined 'lacca' furniture produced in the
mid-18th century in Venice, which, through its long-established trade links with the Orient, was one of the first centres for lacquer wares in Europe. A settee of related overall form and with similar floral decoration on a blue ground, but without the unusually rich carved ornament of the example offered here, is illustrated in S. Levy, Lacche Veneziane Settecentesche, Milan, 1967, vol. I, fig. 14.

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