A suite of six Empire gilt-bronze mounted mahogany chairs, circa 1810-1815

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September 23, 12:40 PM GMT

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4,000 - 6,000 EUR

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Description

the backrest decorated with two crossed arrows centred with a mascaroon with the head of an emperor with a laurel crown, with a leopard velvet upholstery

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Haut. 89,5 cm, larg. 46,5 cm, prof. 41 cm ; Height 35 1/4 in, width 18 1/3 in, depth 16 1/6 in

Related Literature

E. Colle, Il Mobile Impero in Italia, Arredi e decorazioni d'interni dal 1800 al 1843, Milan, 1998, p. 50

C. Huchet de Quénetain, Les styles Consulat et Empire, Paris, 2005

J-P Samoyault, Mobilier Français Consulat et Empire, Paris, 2009

These seats are close to the chairs made for the grand cabinet of Queen Caroline Murat at the Palazzo Reale in Naples, depicted in a watercolor by Élie Honoré Montagny dated 1811, today preserved at the Palazzo Reale in Caserta (inv. IMPRC 1905, nn. 354-365). Our examples, executed in mahogany and adorned with gilt-bronze mounts at the center of the openwork back, differ from the originals, gilt and white-lacquered, by a more restrained execution that reflects the circulation of French models throughout Europe under Napoleon.

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