A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT ARMCHAIRS
Lot 265

A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT ARMCHAIRS

19TH CENTURY

Closed19 October 2023

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A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT ARMCHAIRS
19TH CENTURY
Each with knuckles carved as a winged female term, the frame carved with paterae and berried laurels, the round tapered legs modeled as columns headed by leaf-tip capitals and resting on lion's paw feet, covered in a Resht embroidery, second quarter 19th century, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory labels
38 in. (96.5 cm.) high, 33 ½ in. (85.1 cm.) wide, 26 in. (66 cm.) deep

Acquired from Partridge, London, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1986 (the armchairs).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 21 April 1999, lot 171 (the textile upholstery).
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.