A PAIR OF ROMAN GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS

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08.02.2024 10:30UTC +01:00
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ID 1134554
Lot 97 | A PAIR OF ROMAN GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS
A PAIR OF ROMAN GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS

CIRCA 1815, THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO LORENZO SANTI

Each pedimented toprail carved with griffins and undulating S-scroll frieze with flowerheads, the back, arms and seat covered in leopard-print velvet, on winged lion mask supports, with a fluted seat, on lion's front legs, one carved twice with Roman numerals 'VI, the other carved thrice with 'III'

Each: 42 ½ in. (108 cm.) high; 27 ½ in. (70.2 cm.) wide; 23 ¼ in. (59 cm.) deep





Provenance

Almost certainly commissioned by Cardinal Fesch (d. 1839) in Rome, the uncle of Napoleon;

Moved to his house in the Rue du Mont Blanc, Paris, circa 1806;

Probably amongst those sold in Paris, 17 June 1816, lots 444-446.

Probably bought by William Beckford, for Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, and sold Phillip's house sale, 9 September and following days until end of October, 1823, lots 1534-40.

Charles William Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Wynyard Park, Durham, and thence by descent.

Acquired from Carlton Hobbs, January 2005.



Literature

D. E. Ostergard ed., William Beckford 1760-1844: An Eye for the Magnificent, exhibition catalogue, Yale University Press, 2001, p. 336, cat. no. 53.



Exhibited

New York, Bard Graduate Centre, William Beckford 1760-1844: An Eye for the Magnificent, 2001-2002, then London, Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2002, no. 53 (one only).
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