Lot Essay
A similar Etruscan decorated caned armchair is illustrated in G. Beard & J. Goodison, English Furniture 1500-1840, Oxford, 1987, p. 256, fig. 2.
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EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Details
A PAIR OF REGENCY SIMULATED-ROSEWOOD, ETRUSCAN-DECORATED AND PARCEL-GILT OPEN ARMCHAIRS
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each with a tablet toprail with a classical scene, between scrolled stiles and arms, the caned seat with pink velvet squab cushion, on sabre legs, one with pricked mark 'MM', redecorated (2)
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each with a tablet toprail with a classical scene, between scrolled stiles and arms, the caned seat with pink velvet squab cushion, on sabre legs, one with pricked mark 'MM', redecorated (2)
Provenance
with Stair & Co., New York, 1958.