SUITE OF NORTHERN ITALIAN NEOCLASSICAL POLYCHROME-PAINTED SEAT FURNITURE, Italian, circa 1790
Painted wood
41 x 61 x 22 in
EF1881
Sofa: H 41" W: 61" D: 22"
Armchairs: H: 36 1/2" W: 24 1/2" D: 18 1/2"
The use of plaque-like fields in the seat and back rail that contain autonomous or semi-autonomous ornamentation can be found on a number of pieces from Piedmont, such as the carved and painted sofa published by Enrico Colle in Il mobile neoclassico.