327
- Folding Stool
Turin, circa 1735
Carved and gilt wood
Branded twice with three fleurs-de-lys and
with the letters FON for the Chateau de
Fontainebleau
Height: 1 ft. 4% in. (41.1 cm); Width:
2 ft. 3/8 in. (68.9 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 5/8 in.
(43.5 cm)
Accession number 74. DA. 26
PROVENANCE
Chateau de Fontainebleau during the nine
teenth century; [Matthew Schutz, Ltd.,
New York].
EXHIBITIONS
The Detroit Institute of Arts, March 7-
June 13,1975.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Gillian Wilson, Decorative Arts in the J. Paul
Getty Museum, 1977, p. 33, no. 42, illus.
328. Daybed
Turin, designed between 1832-1835
By Filippo Pelagio Palagi (born in Bologna
1775-1860)
Maple inlaid with mahogany
On back of frame, 3421 stenciled in green
paint from Racconigi inventory of 1900
(obscured by upholstery), Dazio Verificato
ink stamp, PPR 3421 incised stamp. On
frame of upholstered seat Dazio Verificato
ink stamp, Racconigi Camera da letto degli
Augusti Sposi in pencil across front. On
frame structure 57 in ink on part of a label,
a pencil design for inlay.
Height: 2 ft. iVx in. (80 cm); Width:
7 ft. 4!/β in. (224 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 3/8 in.
(69 cm)
Accession number 86 .DA.511
PROVENANCE
King Carlo Alberto, Racconigi Palace
(near Turin), until 1922; 1938-1980 in a pri
vate Swiss collection; [Heim Gallery, Ltd.,
London, 1980].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJi^1 ) (1987),
no. 118, p. 218, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 219,
illus.
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ITALIAN SEAT FURNITURE I93
