Lot 37
37
A PAIR OF SWEDISH GILTWOOD AND BRONZED ARMCHAIRS
A PAIR OF SWEDISH GILTWOOD AND BRONZED ARMCHAIRS

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF SWEDISH GILTWOOD AND BRONZED ARMCHAIRS
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each with outswept back and seat covered in Brunschwig & Fils cream twill, with passementerie trim, the arms with Egyptian supports, on leaf-carved legs, decoration refreshed (2)
Provenance
Supplied by Piero Pinto, Milan.
Literature
John Taylor, 'A New York Georgian: Enhancing a Landmark Rosario Candela Apartment on the Upper East Side,' Architectural Digest, November 1991, pp. 152-153.
Jamee Gregory, New York Apartments Private Views, Rizzoli, New York, 2004, p. 123.
Duane Hampton, Mark Hampton An American Decorator, Rizzoli, New York, 2010, p. 199.

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Lot Essay

An almost identical pair of armchairs to the present lot are in the collection of the Nordiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (Inv. 71 966) (see Sigurd Wallin, Nordiska Museets Möbler Fr·an Svenska Herremanshen, Stockholm, 1935, p. 132, figs. 1126-1127).

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