Sale 6263
London
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24 February 2000
Price realised
GBP 6,900
Estimate
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)
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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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