LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN WALNUT X-FRAME SAVONAROLA ARMCHAIRS
LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY
Each folding frame with scrolled supports, the back and cushioned seat covered in brass studded cream silk damask with tasseled fringe, the scrolled arms with flowerhead terminals, raised on sledge paw feet, restorations
38 in. (96.5 cm.) high; 27¼ in. (69 cm.) wide; and 38½ in. (98 cm.) high; 26½ in. (67.5 cm.) wide (2)

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Lot Essay

A closely-related 'dantesca' armchair is in the Bardini Collection, Florence (ill. W.M. Odom, A History of Italian Furniture, vol. I, New York, 1966, p. 37, fig. 35); while a closely-related pair was sold from the collection of the late Sir Stephen Courtauld, Sotheby's, London, 6 December 1974, lot 96.

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