A PAIR OF ITALIAN ROCOCO STYLE WALNUT GROTTO CHAIRS , LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY | Christie's

Sale 9614

Continental Furniture, Tapestries and Works of Art and

New York

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29 - 30 March 2001

Browse Sale

Lot 443

A PAIR OF ITALIAN ROCOCO STYLE WALNUT GROTTO CHAIRS

LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Price realised

USD 4,700

Estimate

USD 4,000 - USD 6,000

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN ROCOCO STYLE WALNUT GROTTO CHAIRS
Late 19th/Early 20th Century
Each with scalloped shell-form back and seat with outcurving dolphin-form arms above rocaille-carved tapering legs and scrolled feet (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's New York, 25 September 1997, lot 354 ($4,830).
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