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PIEDMONT, MID-18TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN CREAM-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT PETITS CANAPES
PIEDMONT, MID-18TH CENTURY
Each cartouche-shaped back, sides covered in gold, green and pink silk damask, carved overall with foliate and rocaille motifs, one with label printed ‘Maria Luisa’, and label inscribed ‘2 divani / XV piccoli / 61022’
39 in. (99 cm.) high; 59 ½ in. (151 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep
PIEDMONT, MID-18TH CENTURY
Each cartouche-shaped back, sides covered in gold, green and pink silk damask, carved overall with foliate and rocaille motifs, one with label printed ‘Maria Luisa’, and label inscribed ‘2 divani / XV piccoli / 61022’
39 in. (99 cm.) high; 59 ½ in. (151 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Private Collection, Turin.
Acquired from Giuseppe Rossi, Turin, 1964.
Acquired from Giuseppe Rossi, Turin, 1964.
Literature
Exhibition Catalogue, Mostra del Barocco Piemontese, 1963, Vol. III, pl. 132 (illustrated, image b).
Exhibited
Mostra del Barocco Piemontese, Palazzo Reale, Turin, 1963.
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