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A PAIR OF ITALIAN SPECIMEN MARBLE-INSET EBONISED SIDE CHAIRS

CIRCA 1860, FLORENCE

Fermé5 November 2009

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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)

Note du spécialiste

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.