A SET OF SIX ITALIAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED DINING-CHAIRS

FLORENCE, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A SET OF SIX ITALIAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED DINING-CHAIRS
FLORENCE, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each painted overall with foliage, flowers and garlands on a cream ground, the interlaced back over a padded seat covered in pastel floral cream silk, on square tapering legs, two chairs with striped pink and cream silk
34 in. (94 cm.) high; 20 in. (51 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The elegant design of these side chairs, in the English taste, is related to a design made popular by Hepplewhite & Co. in their Cabinet-Makers and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788. A further similar design for these chairs was published in the Magazzino di Mobilia o Sieno Modelli di Mobili di Ogni Genere, no. 1, November 1976. A further related suite of painted side chairs in the 'English taste' was sold from the Collection of Donna Marcella Traballesi, Nobili della Scala, Palazzo della Stufa, Christie's, Florence, 3-4 October 1995, lot 254.

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