A NEAR PAIR OF ITALIAN BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED SIDE CHAIRS
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A NEAR PAIR OF ITALIAN BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED SIDE CHAIRS

VENICE, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, DECORATION LARGELY REFRESHED

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A NEAR PAIR OF ITALIAN BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED SIDE CHAIRS
VENICE, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, DECORATION LARGELY REFRESHED
Each with caned back and baluster splat and cabriole legs, the seat with embroidered silk cushion covered in silk brocade with metallic ground, circa 1730-1740, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
46 in. (117 cm.) high, 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) wide, 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep

With Pietro Accorsi, Turin (the chairs).
Acquired from Mallett, London, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1981 (the chairs).
The Bernheimer Family Collection of Textiles; Christie's, London, 2 October 1996, lot 396 (the textile).