Large and splendid Neo-Baroque canapé,
Italy (Florence) ca. 1855/60, according to a fragment of a paper label glued to the piece, produced by the workshops of FRANCESCO MORINI in Florence. A high quality hardwood structure, richly carved with rocaille, also painted gold, of a splayed form, and with floral carvings and putti on the backrest. Width ca. 220 cm. Some traces of ageing and wear. (DOC)
Superb execution. Francesco Morini was in his time a very renowned producer of carved and painted furniture. He received numerous contracts from the Italian court: his works can be seen in Palazzo Pitti, as well as in Palazzo Borghese. See.
Lit.:
Simone Chiarugi, Botteghe di Mobilieri in Toscana 1780 - 1900, vol I, p. 247, fig. 247, vol II ff. pp. 514 - 516, S. P. E. S. Firenze 1994
Esperto: Alexander Doczy
Alexander Doczy
+43-1-515 60-302
alexander.doczy@dorotheum.at
02.05.2019 - 14:00
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EUR 6.000,- a EUR 8.000,-
Large and splendid Neo-Baroque canapé,
Italy (Florence) ca. 1855/60, according to a fragment of a paper label glued to the piece, produced by the workshops of FRANCESCO MORINI in Florence. A high quality hardwood structure, richly carved with rocaille, also painted gold, of a splayed form, and with floral carvings and putti on the backrest. Width ca. 220 cm. Some traces of ageing and wear. (DOC)
Superb execution. Francesco Morini was in his time a very renowned producer of carved and painted furniture. He received numerous contracts from the Italian court: his works can be seen in Palazzo Pitti, as well as in Palazzo Borghese. See.
Lit.:
Simone Chiarugi, Botteghe di Mobilieri in Toscana 1780 - 1900, vol I, p. 247, fig. 247, vol II ff. pp. 514 - 516, S. P. E. S. Firenze 1994
Esperto: Alexander Doczy
Alexander Doczy
+43-1-515 60-302
alexander.doczy@dorotheum.at
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