A set of three Italian walnut armchairs, Siena 16th century

each with a rectangular back and rope-twist arms terminating in a knot, above a padded seat on spirally turned legs joined by stretchers and feet in the form of a knot, with later gilt-bronze finials

In very good conserved condition. A very rare model and can be placed immediately. The joints are sound and sturdy.Two finials have a small pin sized hole in each top which is hardly noticeable. One foot is a later replacement.
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Comparative Literature:
R. Del Puglia,  Mobili e Ambienti Italiani dal gotico al floreale, Milan, 1963, Vol. I, fig. 199, for a related armchair.

Other identical examples, all originally part of the same suite, were formerly in the collection of Monte dei Paschi, in Palazzo del Castellare, Siena, illustrated in situ, see fig. 1.

The knots in the design perhaps allude to a celebrated aristocratic family, the name of which is unidentified to date.