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Lot Essay
Rarely do such impressive framed doors with painted over-door panels come to auction, their quality a testament to the refinement of 18th-century Italian interiors.
Doors, frames and panelling that have been removed from their original setting are invariably changed and adapted for each of their new settings. The present examples have remained in their original state with only the addition of mirror plates to the reverse of some, although differences in the treatment of the carving between the individual doors and frames suggest they are from at least two 18th-century rooms from within the same North Italian palazzo.
A carved giltwood over-door frame, inset with a Chinese painted panel, in the Fondazione Accorsi-Ometto, Turin has identical carving to the over-door frames as the pair in the present lot (G. Angela, Un inventario per l'esotismo Villa della Regina 1755, Turin, 1988, no. 28). Further rooms within the historic palazzo are adorned with lacquered and carved giltwood doors and frames of the same design. Some over-doors are inset with painted maritime themed pictures that appear to be from the same group as the present lot. The Accorsi-Ometto examples come from the Palazzo Turinetti di Priero in Piazzo San Carlo, Turin and the maritime painted panels are by Paolo Maria Antoniani. These doors were removed during the Second World War when the inside of the Palazzo was badly damaged and it is probable that the present doors were also originally from the Palazzo Turinetti di Priero.
Doors, frames and panelling that have been removed from their original setting are invariably changed and adapted for each of their new settings. The present examples have remained in their original state with only the addition of mirror plates to the reverse of some, although differences in the treatment of the carving between the individual doors and frames suggest they are from at least two 18th-century rooms from within the same North Italian palazzo.
A carved giltwood over-door frame, inset with a Chinese painted panel, in the Fondazione Accorsi-Ometto, Turin has identical carving to the over-door frames as the pair in the present lot (G. Angela, Un inventario per l'esotismo Villa della Regina 1755, Turin, 1988, no. 28). Further rooms within the historic palazzo are adorned with lacquered and carved giltwood doors and frames of the same design. Some over-doors are inset with painted maritime themed pictures that appear to be from the same group as the present lot. The Accorsi-Ometto examples come from the Palazzo Turinetti di Priero in Piazzo San Carlo, Turin and the maritime painted panels are by Paolo Maria Antoniani. These doors were removed during the Second World War when the inside of the Palazzo was badly damaged and it is probable that the present doors were also originally from the Palazzo Turinetti di Priero.