Live Auction 7818Spanish Splendour - The Collection of a Marqués
Christie’s roundel
Lot 5

A PAIR OF ITALIAN SPECIMEN MARBLE-INSET EBONISED SIDE CHAIRS

CIRCA 1860, FLORENCE

Closed5 November 2009

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GBP 13,750

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN SPECIMEN MARBLE-INSET EBONISED SIDE CHAIRS
CIRCA 1860, FLORENCE
Each inset overall with rosso antico, jasper, lapis lazuli, alabaster and specimen marbles, with a tall arched back between squared baluster uprights above a padded drop-in seat covered in purple velvet, on conforming legs joined by an X-stretcher
50 in. (127 cm.) high; 18¾ in. (48 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep (2)

Specialist note

These specimen marble chairs are conceived in the Florentine Renaissance Revival style that was fashionable under Napoleon III and featured in the Paris Exhibition of 1867.