Tom Devenish: The Collection - Highly Important English Furniture

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Lot 150
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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN GILT COMPOSITION OVAL GIRANDOLES circa 1850

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • height 41 1/2 in.; width 24 in.
  • 105.4 cm; 61 cm
the backs with an embossed metal tablet with a Royal coat of arms and inscribed C. NOSOTTI / CARVER & GILDER / UPHOLSTERER & CABINET MAKER / 398-399 OXFORD ST. and stamped 05582.

Catalogue Note

C. Nosotti is probably the Charles Andrea Nosotti, who is first recorded as a carver, gilder, upholsterer and cabinetmaker with premises at 2 Dean Street Soho, 1835 to 1840. He appears to have originated in Milan, and is recorded as having exhibited a cabinet in the 1862 Exhibition and received a commission from the Countess of Waldegrave for Strawberry Hill. He advertised Danish furniture in the Art Journal Catalogue  of the International Exhibition, 1867, including 'Some choice specimens of Cabinet and Upholstery Furniture, Grand Pianos' further noting that the firm was under the patronage of the Princess of Wales.