A PAIR OF ITALIAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT STOOLS

LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT STOOLS
LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each with a rectangular seat covered in salmon-colored silk, the X-shaped frame with fluted scrolling finials above the sprially-twisted center with ribbon bow on antler-shaped legs, the underside of one with printed label 'MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA 403', both inscribed in blue '106', decoration refreshed
30 in. (76 cm.) wide (2)

Provenance

Monte dei Paschi di Siena.
with Foster Gwin, San Francisco.

Lot Essay

Monte dei Paschi di Siena is one of the oldest still existing banks in the world and was founded in 1472. It established a foundation that concentrated on the bank's collection of paintings, works of art and furniture, mainly of Sienese origins, collected from its inception in 1472.

A pair of stools and a banquette of the same unusual model, presumably originally part of the same suite and also bearing the 'Monte dei Paschi' label was sold anonymously, Christie's, New York, 30 March 1995, lots 116 and 117.

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