A set of six Italian carved giltwood and ochre painted chairs, Turin late 18th century

Comparative Literature:
Vittorio Viale, Cittá di Torino, Mostra del Barocco Piemontese, Vol.lll, 1963, Tav. 176, fig. b, illustrates a very similar armchair, (one of three armchairs together with four chairs), in cream lacquer with gilded elements and a different top-and-seat rail, in the Appartamento della regina Mario Antonia, Secondo piano, Palazzo Reale, Turin, which would seem to indicate that these very fine chairs are by the same maker as the armchair in the Royal Palace in Turin-see fig.1.

A pair of armchairs almost certainly from the same suite were sold in these Rooms, lot 37, 8th December 2004 (£30,000).

For a footstool from this suite see lot 16.