Live Auction 6337Stephane Boudin at 5 Belgrave Square, Les Objets de l'Empire & Mount Kennedy, Ireland. Three Private Collections
A VENETIAN RED-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT GONDOLA CHAIR
Lot 2

A VENETIAN RED-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT GONDOLA CHAIR

LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed16 March 2012

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GBP 4,750

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A VENETIAN RED-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT GONDOLA CHAIR
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The back and seat covered in gold silk, painted with a coat of arms, later stretchers
41¾ in. (106 cm.) high

Specialist note

Chips Channon married Lady Honor Guinness in July 1933 and their Venetian honeymoon included a journey to Torcello by gondola, taking the entire night, presumably rare even then.