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A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS
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A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS

PROBABLY CIRCA 1760, RE-GILT IN THE 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS
PROBABLY CIRCA 1760, RE-GILT IN THE 19TH CENTURY
Each with a foliate carved frame upholstered in floral fabric, with pegged construction (2)
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Lot Essay

The chairs possibly acquired by David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield and 7th Viscount Stormont (d. 1796) in the late 1760s during his visits to Italy, while Ambassador to the court of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria.

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