A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN ROCOCO GILTWOOD TABOURETS

Lot 52
09.02.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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ID 892482
Lot 52 | A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN ROCOCO GILTWOOD TABOURETS
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN ROCOCO GILTWOOD TABOURETS

CIRCA 1740, POSSIBLY GENOA

Each with a square seat covered in 18th century silk gros- and petit-point embroidery depicting a central spray of tulips by pheasants and doves, the shaped apron with a central scallop-shell flanked by foliate scrolls, on cabriole legs headed by scallop-shells and terminating in scroll-feet with palmette motif, probably re-gilt, the rail numbered in pencil '7190'

19 in. (49 cm.) high; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) square





Provenance

With Dalva Brothers, New York.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 20 October 2006, lot 777 ($102,000).



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