Lot 20: A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSICAL PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT MAHOGANY SETTEES CIRCA 1810, AFTER A DESIGN

A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSICAL PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT MAHOGANY SETTEES CIRCA 1810, AFTER A DESIGN BY PERCIER AND FONTAINE

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CATALOGUE NOTE

The Percier and Fontaine design, reproduced below, incorporates not only identical lion-carved supports, but also nearly identical turned and leaf-carved back supports and fringe beneath the seat rail, see plate 6, Recueil de Décorations Intérieures, Comprenant Tout Ce Qui a rapport a l'ameublement, Paris, 1827, inscribed Fauteuil et Vases éxécutés à Paris dans la Maison du C.D***

Another settee, identical but with different frieze mount, is illustrated in the Collection of Mario Praz, Rome in S. Grandjean, Empire Furniture, London, 1966, fig. 72.

length 47 1/2 in.<br><br>120.7 cm