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An Italian giltwood and painted sedan chair, Rome, mid-18th century

Auction Closed

March 25, 04:59 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

decorated with figures amongst landscapes in polychromy on a gilt ground, restorations


178cm wide, 75cm wide, 81cm deep; 70 1/8in., 29 1/2in., 31 7/8in.



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Principe Cenci Bolognetti, Roma;

Sacerdote Collection;

Wannenes, Genova, La Collezione Sacerdote, 16 May 2011, lot 11.

Goffreo Lizzani, Il Mobile Romano, Milan, 1970, p.166, fig.283.

A related sedan chair is in the collections of Castello Sforzesco, inv. Mobili 640.