AN ITALIAN MECCA AND BLUE PAINTED 'PEACOCK' CHAIR
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AN ITALIAN MECCA AND BLUE PAINTED 'PEACOCK' CHAIR

FLORENCE, LATE 19TH CENTURY, WORKSHOP OF ANDREA BACCETTI

Fermé22 November 2011

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AN ITALIAN MECCA AND BLUE PAINTED 'PEACOCK' CHAIR
FLORENCE, LATE 19TH CENTURY, WORKSHOP OF ANDREA BACCETTI
Modelled with tail in full plumage, standing on a rocky outcrop with green painted foliage
40 in. (101.5 cm.) high; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep

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This imaginative piece of 'fantasy furniture' is decorated with mecca (silvered gilt varnish) and an iridescent colour scheme to capture the brilliance and colourful eye patterns of the male peacock. It relates to similar examples produced in Florence towards the end of the 19th century by the workshop of Andrea Baccetti. For a suite of comparable 'Peacock' furniture see B. M. Newman and A. Duncan, Fantasy Furniture, New York, 1989, pp.38-39.