AN ITALIAN EMPIRE CARVED GILTWOOD SIDE CHAIR , ATTRIBUTED TO LORENZO SANTI (D.1839), FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Sale 5272

The Sunday Sale

London, South Kensington

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18 February 2007

Browse Sale

Lot 215

AN ITALIAN EMPIRE CARVED GILTWOOD SIDE CHAIR

ATTRIBUTED TO LORENZO SANTI (D.1839), FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Price realised

GBP 2,160

Estimate

GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000

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AN ITALIAN EMPIRE CARVED GILTWOOD SIDE CHAIR
Attributed to Lorenzo Santi (d.1839), first quarter 19th century
With a pedimented top rail with griffins and undulating S-scroll frieze with flowerheads, the gros point needlework padded panel with a lion's mask and acanthus scrolls and flanked by foliate headed fluted stiles, with a similarly upholstered padded seat and fluted apron on monopodia supports terminating in paw feet,with batten carrying-holes to the underside,with incised 'V' and written in ink on the seat rails 'S'.
Width of front seat rail 22½in. (57cm.); height to top of back 40½in. (103cm.)

Provenance

Almost certainly commissioned by Cardinal Fesch (d.1839) in Rome, uncle of Napoleon I; moved to his house in the Rue de Mont Blanc, Paris, circa 1806; probably amongst those sold in Paris, 17 June 1816, either lots 445 or 446.
Probably bought by William Beckford, Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, sold Phillip's house sale, 9 September and following days until end of October, 1823, lots 1534-40.
Sir Frederick Lewis, 1st Baron Essendon (1870-1944), Essendon Court, Essendon, Hertfordshire
Ella Mary, Countess of Powis (d.1988), daughter of Col. W.H. Rathborne of Scripplestown, Co. Dublin and widow of Edward Herbert, 5th Earl of Powis (d.1974), by whom given to the present owners circa 1960.
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ATTRIBUTED TO LORENZO SANTI (D.1839), FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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Lot 215

AN ITALIAN EMPIRE CARVED GILTWOOD SIDE CHAIR

ATTRIBUTED TO LORENZO SANTI (D.1839), FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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‘I like to buy works that bug me’

The tastemaker: Rafael de Cárdenas

Design inspiration: our specialists’ suggestions

I bought it at Christie’s

Collecting Guide: Lalique

A leap into space: Malevich’s Suprematist Composition