
A fine pair of Italian neoclassical carved giltwood banquettes.
Provenance
Palazzo Serra, Genoa, from early 1780s until before the Second World War.
Palazzo Grazioli, Rome.
Literature
A. Gonzalez-Palacios, Il Mobile in Liguria, Genova, 1996, p. 316.
Sotheby’s, A Piedmontese Villa, The Contents of Vigna Corte Di Bonvicino, Moncalieri (Turin), 17 November 2009, London, lot 127; chairs en suit, ibid., lots 128–129.
Detail Description
A fine pair of Italian carved giltwood banquettes, on fluted legs of conical form with carved acanthus leaves and ornamental motifs, rosette decoration above the six feet, each upholstered with a modern geometric fabric. The seat rail of one
bench incised VIIII, the other incised XI?.
genoa 1780 circa
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