A pair of important carved feuteuils Painted... Lot 340

A pair of important carved feuteuils Painted pale blueish green, polychromed and gilt, damask upholstery. Cartouche-form backrests and moulded round armrests on corresponding supports. Curved apron and serpentine legs of square section with prominent kneels. Carved throughout with naturalistically painted flowers. Minor losses and retouches to the polychromy. H 109, W 64, seat depth 52 cm. Attributed to Northern Italy/Venice, third quarter 18th C. Provenance Private collection, Westphalia. Literature For more on the carved decoration, cf. Santini, Le lacche dei Veneziani. Oggetti d'uso quotidiano nella Venezia del Settecento, Modena 2003, no. 41, p. 38 f., for a pair of consoles from the Palazzo Emo Capodilista in Padua, dated 1770 - 75. Cf. Giuseppe Rossi Collection, auctioned by Sotheby's London on 10th March 1999, lot 119, a Venetian console table, lot 133, a Venetian set of four armchairs and a bench, lot 148, two small Venetian "centre cabinets" and lot 166, a set of chairs from Genoa.