MID-18TH CENTURY, ITALIAN OR SPANISH

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A SET OF FOUR SOUTH EUROPEAN GILTWOOD SIDE CHAIRS
MID-18TH CENTURY, ITALIAN OR SPANISH
Each with trefoil-lobed foliate-carved cartouche-form padded back above a padded drop-in seat covered in crimson silk damask, over a seatrail centered by confronting c-scrolls and a floral clasp, on arched foliate-scroll-carved cabriole legs and scroll feet, two numbered to seat rail '10' and '5' (?) (4)

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Although the construction of these flamboyant chairs is typically Italian, the exaggerated profile of the legs and back, unusual for Italian seat furniture, may point to a Spanish origin. A console with similarly exaggerated profile to the legs, combined with similar low relief-carved foliate ornament and large scale apron, in the Sacristy of the Comendadoras, Madrid, is illustrated in L. Feduchi, Spanish Furniture, Barcelona, 1969, p. 178, fig. 156.

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