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AN ITALIAN GILTWOOD THRONE CHAIR
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AN ITALIAN GILTWOOD THRONE CHAIR

BY GIOVANNI BERARDI, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN GILTWOOD THRONE CHAIR
BY GIOVANNI BERARDI, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Elaborately carved overall with acanthus leaves, 'S' and 'C'-scrolls and rocaille decoration, with swept arms and cabiriole legs joined by an 'X'-shaped stretcher centred by a pomegranate boss, the padded seat and back upholstered in claret velvet, the underside with gum-label STABILIMENTO BERARDI/FIRENZE Piazza S. M. Novella/TAPPEZZERIA E FABBRICA DI MOBILI
The back: 70 in. (178 cm.) high
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品专文

Giovanni Berardi started his business at Prato, Tuscany, in 1869 before relocating to Florence. Producing high quality furniture in a varied range of styles Berardi received commissions from the most important families of Florence. For example, the Malenchini family purchased numerous items for the restoration of their Palazzo Malenchini Alberti in Florence and for their country estate, the Villa Malenchini. Of this prestigious commission a journalist recorded 'a painted wood suite of lounge furniture, characterised by quality and originality [and] a monumental gilt-wood seat covered with broccato'. Renamed Giovanni Berardi ed Eredi (and Sons) around 1880, the firm went on to exhibit at the international fair of Turin in 1898.