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Sgabello Chair

1550-1570 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (makers)
Place of origin
Italy (made)

Chair. Carved wood. The support in front containing a mask surrounded by scroll foliage, and flanked by two terminal winged figures; the back containing a cartouche with a shield of arms, and also flanked by two terminal figures

Object details

Category
Furniture
Object type
Sgabello chair
Materials and techniques
Wood
Carving
Brief description
Sgabello chair, Italian, Venetian, 1550-1570
Physical description
Chair. Carved wood. The support in front containing a mask surrounded by scroll foliage, and flanked by two terminal winged figures; the back containing a cartouche with a shield of arms, and also flanked by two terminal figures
Dimensions
  • Height: 106cm
  • Width: 35cm
  • Depth: 50.3cm
Measured LC 11/10/10
Object history
Bought (Soulages collection) £20
Bibliographic references
  • John Hungerford Pollen, Ancient & Modern Furniture & Woodwork (London: George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1874), 111. “7205. ’60. CHAIR. Carved walnut wood. The support in front containing a mask surrounded by scroll foliage, and flanked by two terminal winged figures ; the back containing a cartouche with a shield of arms, and also flanked by two terminal figures. Italian. About 1560. H. 3 ft. 6 in., W. 1 ft. 7½ in. Bought (Soulages Coll.), 20l. The arms are composed of two coats impaled. The dexter shield : partly per fess, in chief a chalice ; those in the sinister coat are the column of the great Colonna family of Rome, which formed alliances in all the states of Italy.”
  • Megan Shaw, 'The Duchess of Buckingham's Furniture at York House, London (1628-1635). Furniture History, vol. LVIII (2022), pp. 1-38. Illustrated as fig. 14, p. 22.
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
7205-1860

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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