LOT 948 A rare pair of gondola chairs with zoomorphic decorGold painted wood, upholstery with modern green
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A rare pair of gondola chairs with zoomorphic decor Gold painted wood, upholstery with modern green velvet covers. Unusual and finely carved frames, the curved front legs formed as bundles of acanthus, the back legs of square section and curved backwards. The sides carved as chimaeras with the bodies of snakes, the heads of birds, and the tails of dolphins. H 84.5, W c. 54, seat depth c. 30 cm. Attributed to Russia, late 18th C. Provenance Private collection, Copenhagen. Literature Cf. a chair and armchair from the workshop of Jean-Baptiste Charlemagne in the Tsarskoye Selo collection (published in: Guseva/Semyonova, Russian Eighteenth-Century Furniture in the Hermitage Collection, Saint Petersburg 2015, p. 204 ff.) Seltenes Paar Gondelstühle mit zoomorphem Dekor Gold gefasstes Holz, Polsterung, moderner grüner Samtbezug. Fein und außergewöhnlich geschnitzter Rahmen auf nach vorne gebogenen Vorderbeinen in Form von Akanthusbündeln. Die Hinterbeine vierkantig, nach hinten gebogen. Die Rahmenseiten gestaltet als plastische Chimären mit Schlangenkörpern, Vogelköpfen und Delfinschwänzen. H 84,5, B ca. 54, Sitztiefe ca. 30 cm. Russland, zugeschrieben, Ende 18. Jh. Provenienz Kopenhagener Privatsammlung. Literatur Vgl. Stuhl und Armlehnstuhl aus der Werkstatt Jean-Baptiste Charlemagne in der Sammlung Tsarskoye Selo (bei Guseva/Semyonova, Russian Eighteenth-Century Furniture in the Hermitage Collection, Sankt Petersburg 2015, S. 204 ff.)
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