A Fine Pair of Italian Painted & Lacquered Armchairs

18th Century

Each with a cartouche shaped padded back and seat, within a molded frame carved with acanthus leaves, the seat rail centered by a scallop shell, on cabriole legs

Comparative Literature:
E.Colle, Museo d’Arti Applicate, Mobili ed Intagili Lignei, Milano, 1996, pp. 266,267, cat.416, where a very similar armchair and a chair en suite (cat.417) are illustrated (in the Decorative Arts Museum, Milan) A.Pedrini, Il mobilio, gli ambienti e le decorazioni nei secoli XVII e XVIII in Pedmonte, Turin, 1953, page 125, plate 244.

Provenance:

Private Collection New York
Le Trianon Fine Art & Antiques

Dimensions:
Height 36 in. Width 24 in. Depth 20 in.

Inv#: Cha41