Lot 423

PAIR OF ITALIAN CARVED WALNUT ARMCHAIRS, AFTER THE MODEL BY ANDREA BRUSTOLON
19TH CENTURY









Auction: Lots 336 - 597 | 05 September at 10am
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
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.








