Lot 223
  • 223

A suite of fourteen Gustav IV neoclassical carved and polychrome painted chairs Sweden, early 19th century

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • height 34 in; width 20 1/4 in.; depth 20 1/4 in.
  • 86 cm; 51 cm; 51 cm

Literature

A virtually identical chair is illustrated, E. Fischer, Svenska Möbler i Bild, Stockholm, 1931, p. 242.

Condition

Decoration refreshed. With old minor marks, chips, scratches consistent with age and use. Later blocks to legs on some. In otherwise good condition.
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