Carlo BUGATTI (1856-1940) Lot n° 12

HIGH SEAT In blackened wood, sheathed in parchment and adorned with hammered and embossed copper discs; chiselled walnut legs forming a small column, connected by a spacer shelf, underlined in the middle by a rolled copper leaf and bone marquetry decoration; resting on high rectangular hooves. Circa 1900. (Wear and tear, lacks, veneer jumps, cracks) Height 111.5 cm - Width 43.5 cm Depth 43.5 cm Provenance Private collection, Beirut Bibliography Catalogue of the exhibition " Carlo Bugatti au Musée d'Orsay ", RNM, Paris,2001, similar model reproduced, p. 97 Pedestal by Carlo Bugatti, in walnut, ebonized wood, copper, parchment, and bone 43 7/8 x 17 1/8 in.