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A NORTH ITALIAN WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT FOOT STOOL
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A NORTH ITALIAN WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT FOOT STOOL

TURIN, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A NORTH ITALIAN WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT FOOT STOOL
Turin, third quarter 18th Century
The sunk frieze panels carved with trailing vine motif flanked by rounded angles set with a flowerhead above a foliate-filled entrelac motif, on chanelled toupie and stiff-leaf turned legs, the padded removable cushion covered with blue and white striped silk with trailing foliate motif
8¾ in. (22 cm.) high; 20 in. (51 cm.) wide; 13½ in. (34 cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

The delicate vine leaf carving of this sgabello is an example of the finest carving of Turinese intagliatori, who were working for the Royal court of Savoy in the late 18th Century. The most talented was undoubtedly Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo, who was appointed scultore in legno to Vittorio Amedeo III in 1787. Interestingly, a similar trailing vine motif on a frame by Bonzanigo in the Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, inv.787, is illustrated in C. Bertolotto et. al., exhibition catalogue, Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo, Turin, Pinacoteca Civica, 1989-1990, p.40, n.7.

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