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Important Italian late Empire seating group,

Lot No. 599

Important Italian late Empire seating group,


Important Italian late Empire seating group, - Works of Art (Furniture, Sculpture, Glass and porcelain)

Genoa ca. 1840, design attributed to Pelagio Pelagi (1775 - 1860), executed presumably by Enrico Peters. In softwood, carved with floral ornament and gryphons, painted gold. The group comprises: a canapé (width ca. 160 cm), two armchairs and two chairs. These have turned and carved legs with acanthus leaf ornament, tapering fluted side supports and a bow ornament on the slightly domed backrests. One of the armchairs is marked verso on the backrest with the following in Latin: "HIC SEDIT VMBERTUS A SABAVDIA PRINCEPS HEREDITARIUS IX KAL. OCT. A. MCMXXVI REGALI COHONESTANS PRAESENTIA SOLLEMNEM MONVMENTI DEDICATIONEM QVOD SVIS IN BELLO VITA FVNCTIS CIVITAS AQVENSIS EREXIT". With lavish high quality upholstery. Professionally restored condition. (DOC)

Of museum quality.

Lit.: G. Morazzoni: Il mobile neoclassico italiano, Edizione Goerlich, Milano 1995 A. Gonzßlez Palacios: Il mobile in Liguria, fig. 387, p. 324, 1996 E. Colle: Il mobile impero in Italia, p. 386, Edizione Electa, Milano 1998.

From an Italian Collection

Specialist: Alexander Doczy Alexander Doczy
+43-1-515 60-302

alexander.doczy@dorotheum.at

21.10.2015 - 15:00

Estimate:
EUR 45,000.- to EUR 60,000.-

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Important Italian late Empire seating group,


Genoa ca. 1840, design attributed to Pelagio Pelagi (1775 - 1860), executed presumably by Enrico Peters. In softwood, carved with floral ornament and gryphons, painted gold. The group comprises: a canapé (width ca. 160 cm), two armchairs and two chairs. These have turned and carved legs with acanthus leaf ornament, tapering fluted side supports and a bow ornament on the slightly domed backrests. One of the armchairs is marked verso on the backrest with the following in Latin: "HIC SEDIT VMBERTUS A SABAVDIA PRINCEPS HEREDITARIUS IX KAL. OCT. A. MCMXXVI REGALI COHONESTANS PRAESENTIA SOLLEMNEM MONVMENTI DEDICATIONEM QVOD SVIS IN BELLO VITA FVNCTIS CIVITAS AQVENSIS EREXIT". With lavish high quality upholstery. Professionally restored condition. (DOC)

Of museum quality.

Lit.: G. Morazzoni: Il mobile neoclassico italiano, Edizione Goerlich, Milano 1995 A. Gonzßlez Palacios: Il mobile in Liguria, fig. 387, p. 324, 1996 E. Colle: Il mobile impero in Italia, p. 386, Edizione Electa, Milano 1998.

From an Italian Collection

Specialist: Alexander Doczy Alexander Doczy
+43-1-515 60-302

alexander.doczy@dorotheum.at

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Auction: Works of Art (Furniture, Sculpture, Glass and porcelain)
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 21.10.2015 - 15:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 10.10. - 21.10.2015