Lot Essay
These armchairs are copies of the celebrated models designed and executed by Andrea Brutsolon (b. 1662) for the galleria in Pietro Venier's Palazzo in San Vio.
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AFTER ANDREA BRUTSOLON, CIRCA 1880
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A near pair of Italian carved walnut armchairs
After Andrea Brutsolon, Circa 1880
Each with rectangular padded back and seat, flanked to each side by a scroll arm rest headed by a putto, supported to the front by a blackamoor figure, one on dolphin feet joined by an 'X'-shaped stretcher centred by a finial, the other on four naturalistic feet joined by an 'X'-shaped foliate stretcher, both upholstered in burgundy-colour velvet (2)
After Andrea Brutsolon, Circa 1880
Each with rectangular padded back and seat, flanked to each side by a scroll arm rest headed by a putto, supported to the front by a blackamoor figure, one on dolphin feet joined by an 'X'-shaped stretcher centred by a finial, the other on four naturalistic feet joined by an 'X'-shaped foliate stretcher, both upholstered in burgundy-colour velvet (2)