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BY HENRY THOMAS PETERS, GENOA, CIRCA 1835, FROM DESIGNS POSSIBLY BY PELAGIO PALAGI
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A SET OF FOUR ITALIAN GILTWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIRS AND A SOFA
BY HENRY THOMAS PETERS, GENOA, CIRCA 1835, FROM DESIGNS POSSIBLY BY PELAGIO PALAGI
Each covered in embroidered crimson and gold silk, with scrolling toprail and hippocamps confronting the coat-of-arms of the De Mari family, one armchair stamped 'Peters Maker Genoa', very slight variations to construction, re-gilt
The armchairs: 40 ¾ in. (103.5 cm.) high; 24 ¾ in. (63 cm.) wide; 27 in. (68.5 cm.) deep
The sofa: 42 ¾ in. (108.5 cm.) high; 80 ¼ in. (204 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep
BY HENRY THOMAS PETERS, GENOA, CIRCA 1835, FROM DESIGNS POSSIBLY BY PELAGIO PALAGI
Each covered in embroidered crimson and gold silk, with scrolling toprail and hippocamps confronting the coat-of-arms of the De Mari family, one armchair stamped 'Peters Maker Genoa', very slight variations to construction, re-gilt
The armchairs: 40 ¾ in. (103.5 cm.) high; 24 ¾ in. (63 cm.) wide; 27 in. (68.5 cm.) deep
The sofa: 42 ¾ in. (108.5 cm.) high; 80 ¼ in. (204 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Marchesi De Mari, for his palace at Piazza dell' Annunziata, Genoa.
Colnaghi, New Bond Street, London, 1986.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 December 2004, lot 50 (part lot).
Colnaghi, New Bond Street, London, 1986.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 December 2004, lot 50 (part lot).
Literature
A. González-Palacios, Il Mobile in Liguria, Milan, 1996, p. 325, pls. 389-391.
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