Lot n° 345
Estimation :
8000 - 10000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 12 350EUR
Pair of armchairs in carved and gilded wood, the curved back - Lot 345
Pair of armchairs in carved and gilded wood, the curved back decorated with leaf friezes, the flat armrests with cuffs and shells supported by wide uprights in the shape of single-legged winged sea lions, the horseshoe-shaped seat with double belt friezes of stylized interlacing, connecting dice with florets, the tapered and banded feet with fluting.
Early 19th century Italian work attributable to Filippo Pelagio Palagi (1775-1860).
H. : 91 cm - W. : 58 cm - D. : 55 cm (Minor damage; gilding worn; old restorations)
Provenance :
Sotheby's, New York, sale April 18-19, 1975, lot 470
Literature: E. Colle, Il Mobile Impero in Italia, Milan, 1998, p. 364, ill. 118 and p. 368.
A somewhat identical pair of armchairs was auctioned at Bonhams in New York on June 18, 2014 (lot 1285) and came from the former Pozzo di Borgo collection at the Hôtel de Longueuil (rue de l'Université) in Paris.
Some elements of our armchairs are reminiscent of models designed by
Filippo Pelagio Palagi (1775-1860) and executed by his cabinetmaker Gabrielle Capello (1806-1877), known as Moncalvo.
Filippo Pelagio Palagi (1775-1860) is considered one of the most important Italian interior designers of the 19th century. Trained as a painter and sculptor, he was particularly interested in the architecture of classical antiquity. In 1806, he moved to Rome, where he worked with Antonio Canova (1757-1822) and for Napoleon on the Quirinal Palace. In 1818, he moved to northern Italy, then to Turin in 1832, where he worked for the royal house of Savoy, redecorating the interiors of the Castello Racconigi and the Palais Royal.
Palagi's creations retained the strict forms of the Empire style, but he was able to adapt the decors of his works to his particularly inventive and eclectic art.
His furniture can be found in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Institute of Art Collection in Minneapolis.
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