AN ITALIAN EMPIRE GILTWOOD CHAIR, ATTRIBUTED TO LORENZO SANTI, CIRCA 1805

AN ITALIAN EMPIRE GILTWOOD CHAIR
ATTRIBUTED TO LORENZO SANTI, CIRCA 1805
The rectangular padded back and seat covered in crimson and gold silk damask, on fluted seatrails, with turned legs headed by rosettes and lion's paw feet, incised 'B' four times, inventory label M12
35 in. (89 cm.) high; 21 ¾ in. (55.5 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep

Provenance

Almost certainly commissioned by Cardinal Joseph Fesch (d. 1839), uncle of Napoleon I, for the Palazzo del Buffalo-Ferraioli in Rome;
Probably part of the suite in the collection of Prince Anatole Demidoff at the Villa San Donato, outside Florence.
Probably purchased by William James, prior to 1912.