A SUITE OF ITALIAN FAUX-PORPHYRY, POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT FURNITURE, POSSIBLY NAPLES, CIRCA 1800

A SUITE OF ITALIAN FAUX-PORPHYRY, POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT FURNITURE
POSSIBLY NAPLES, CIRCA 1800
Comprising a center table and a pair of armchairs; the circular table top in faux-scagiola centered by a monogram ML within pearled swags, the base headed by lions on low cabriole legs with paw feet, the armchairs each with U-form frame headed by lion heads, with refreshments to the decoration
30 ½ in. (77 cm.) high, 27 ½ in. (70 cm.) diameter, the table

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Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 28 May 1993, lot 351.
A Private Collector; Christie's, London, 16 December 1999, lot 99.