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This impressive large suite of Italian stools is closely related to the seat furniture said to have been designed by Paolo Sani and supplied to Palazzo Borghese in Florence (see S. Chiarugi, Botteghe di Mobilieri in Toscana, Florence, 1994, p. 156, figs. 180-182; and A.M. Massinelli, Il Mobile Toscano, Milan, 1993, p. 193, pl. XCVIII, XCIX.). The Borghese suite consisted of a large quantity of stools, long sofas and armchairs.

A SET OF SIX ITALIAN GILTWOOD STOOLS

LATE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FLORENCE

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A SET OF SIX ITALIAN GILTWOOD STOOLS
LATE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FLORENCE
Each with a circular padded seat upholstered in red velvet, above a frieze carved with floral patterae and entwined mouldings, on turned tapering and fluted legs headed by acanthus-wrapped spheres and terminating in conformingly decorated sabots, minor restorations to gilding, one with a rectangular paper label inscribed 'PALAZZO REALE DI ... Appartamento di Sua Ma... la Regina No' and with an illegible inventory number, one stool marked 'X'
19 in. (48.5 cm.) high; 17.5 in. (44.5 cm.) diameter (6)

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