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8 juin 2015

A set of ten Italian chinoiserie red lacquered and parcel-gilt chairs, Venetian, second quarter 18th century

A set of ten Italian chinoiserie red lacquered and parcel-gilt chairs, Venetian, second quarter 18th century

A set of ten Italian chinoiserie red lacquered and parcel-gilt chairs, Venetian, second quarter 18th centuryEstimate £20,000 — 30,000 / €27,894 - 41,841. Photo Sotheby's

ach with an arched rectangular pierced back with stylised shell motif above a baluster splat decorated with a chinoiserie figure with a parasol above chrysanthemums and swans, drop-in later leather upholstered seat on cabriole legs with a stylised scallopshell on the knees joined by a H-form turned and block stretcher with a rear stretcher on pad front feet; some minor losses to lacquer decoration; all with the ink inscribed label'Salone Verde/5 Principessa' one with the printed paper label 'Principe di Piombino' 

ProvenancePrincipe and Principessa di Piombino, Salone Verde.

The principality of Piombino was a small state on the Italian Peninsula centred on the city of Piombino including part of the island of Elba. Napoleon’s sister Elisa Bonaparte was a Princess of Lucca and Piombino. Due to the above, a Provenance from Lucca should not be discounted.

Comparative LiteratureElisabetta Barbolini Ferrari, Mobili Dipinti, Tempera, Lacca ed Arte Povera nelle botteghe italiane dal XVII al XVIII secolo, Modena, 2004, p. 146, for a pair of Venetian armchairs of similar form with chinoiserie decoration. 
William M. Odom, A History of Italian Furniture, Vol. II, New York, 1966, p. 207, for a related painted Venetian chair decorated with chinoiseries.  

Sotheby's. A Tale of Two Cities: Venice and Dresden Two Private Collections, London, 09 Jun 2015, 10:30 AM

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