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A PAIR OF SOUTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD,
GILT-LEAD MOUNTED AND REVERSE-
PAINTED GLASS SIDE CHAIRS
SICILY, CIRCA 1780
Each with an inset paneled toprail with central breakfront
cypher table with the initials 'PPL', above a canted
rectangular padded seatback and conforming seat above
a paneled seatrail on rosette-headed square tapering legs
with foliate capitals and feet (2)
$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE:
Possibly supplied for Don Francesco Ferdinando Gravina,
Prince of Palagonia (1722-1789).
Subsequently purchased by the Earl of Derby, Derby
House, London, circa 1910 from Lenygon.
The Earl of Derby, K. G., Derby House, London;
Christie's, London, 26 July 1940, lot 84 (a suite of twenty
chairs and four settees).
Mrs. Violet van der Elst, Grantham Castle, Lincs.;
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Christie's, London, 8 April 1948, lot 114 (a suite of eleven
chairs and three settees).
With Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles.
Acquired from Russell McKinnon, Inc., Los Angeles,
1964.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.

1004
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A PAIR OF SOUTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD,
GILT-LEAD MOUNTED AND REVERSE-
PAINTED GLASS SIDE CHAIRS
SICILY, CIRCA 1780
Each with an inset paneled toprail with central breakfront
cypher table with the initials 'PPL', above a canted
rectangular padded seatback and conforming seat above
a paneled seatrail on rosette-headed square tapering legs
with foliate capitals and feet (2)
$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE:
Possibly supplied for Don Francesco Ferdinando Gravina,
Prince of Palagonia (1722-1789).
Subsequently purchased by the Earl of Derby, Derby
House, London, circa 1910 from Lenygon.
The Earl of Derby, K. G., Derby House, London;
Christie's, London, 26 July 1940, lot 84 (a suite of twenty
chairs and four settees).
Mrs. Violet van der Elst, Grantham Castle, Lincs.;
Christie's, London, 8 April 1948, lot 114 (a suite of eleven
chairs and three settees).
With Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles.
Acquired from Russell McKinnon, Inc., Los Angeles,
1004 1964.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.