PAIR OF ITALIAN CARVED WALNUT ARMCHAIRS, AFTER THE MODEL BY ANDREA BRUSTOLON
19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
Auction: Lots 336 - 597 | 05 September at 10am
Description
with tall upholstered backs and wide seats flanked by scrolled open arms carved with putti and supported by carved blackamoor figures, raised on foliate carved legs joined by X stretchers and ending in dolphin head feet (2)
Dimensions
84cm wide, 125cm high, seat 50cm deep
Footnote
Note: These chairs are directly inspired by a suite of chairs executed by Andrea Brustolon (1662-1732) for the galleria in Pietro Venier's Palazzo in San Vio and bequeathed to the city of Venice in 1838 by Count Gerolamo Contarini.