An Italian baroque carved armchair, Venice, 19th century

the padded back issuing scrolling armrests, each arm carved with a reclining female figure, terminating in a scroll and supported by draped figures, above a rectangular seat on baluster-turned legs joined by an H-stretcher, upholstered with later green velvet

In good condition, with marks and scratches consistent with age and use, and traces of old wooworm, which appears to be no longer active. The velvet upholstery in good condition, with some traces of age, retains an attractive colour. Minor chips overall, and one minor restoration to the left armrest. Please note that his armchair measures: 110cm. high, 62cm. wide, 63cm. deep; the seat: 50cm. high.
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A. González-Palacios, Il Tempio del Gusto: la Toscana e l'Italian settentrionale, vol. II, Milan, 1986, p. 343, fig. 729, illustrates an armchair carved in boxwood by Andrea Brustolon (1662-1732) now in the Ca' Rezzonico, Venice, upon which this example is based.

See also Sotheby's London, Piano Nobile - A Collection from an Aristocratic Milanese Palazzo, 5 November 2013, lot 79, for a 19th century example.