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A pair of Italian blue-painted and parcel-gilt benches, Rome, mid-18th century | Paire de banquettes peintes en bleu et doré, travail italien, Rome, milieu du XVIIIe siècle

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February 28, 08:32 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

A pair of Italian blue-painted and parcel-gilt benches, Rome, mid-18th century

with mask to the centre of the apron on one side and four monopodia supports, with a red velvet cushioned seat

(2)

approx. Height. 33 ½ in, width. 69 1/4 in and 66 1/2 in, depth. 15 ¾ in.

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Paire de banquettes peintes en bleu et doré, travail italien, Rome, milieu du XVIIIe siècle

le tablier décoré d'un masque, garniture et coussin de velours rouge

(2)

approx. Haut. 85 cm, larg. 176 cm et 169 cm, prof. 40 cm

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Principi Borghese, at Palazzo Borghese, Rome until 1892; Sold Rome, 9 April 1892, Catalogue des Objets d’Art et d’Ameublement qui garnissent le Grand Apartment au Premier Etage du Palais du Pince Borghese ‘a Rome, Mm. Giacomini & Capobianchi, lots 331-334.

Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios (ed.), Fasto Romano: Dipinti, Sculture, Arredi dai Pallazi di Roma, (exh.cat), Roma, 1991, nr. 100, pp. 165-166.

Massimiliano Capella, Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios, Abitare l’Arte: Collezione Carolina e Paolo Zani, 2020, p. 116-117.

Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios Arredi e Ornamenti della Corte di Roma, 1560-1795, Roma, p.189.

Edgar Peters Bowron (ed.), Art of Rome in the 18th Century, (exh.cat) Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2000, nr. 43, p.166.

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