Literature

•Alvar González-Palacios, Il Tempio del Gusto: Roma e il regno delle due Sicilie, Vol.
II, Milan, 1986, p. 84, fig. 162. (fig.5); fig.161 (a pair of related Consoles tables in The
Wallace Collection, London).
•Alvar González-Palacios, Arredi e ornamenti alla corte di Roma, Milan, 2004. p. 217.
•Enrico Colle, il Mobile Neoclassico in Italia, Pag.34.

Detail Description

A set of four Italian carved and gilded wood armchairs, each with a round back richly carved with laurel leafs and a twisted ribbon motif, centered on top by a swag-draped medallion with a lion mask, and at bottom by a bucranium, above a serpentine slip seat, flanked by foliate carved armerests supported by balusters, the apron carved with a twisted ribbon motif and leaves on the edge, and centered
by a medallion with a male portrait in profile, on tapered fluted legs. The chassis padded back and seat upholstered in brown silk.