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9022 A FINE PAIR OF CARVED MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS SIGNED “PETERS MAKER GENOA”

Creator: PETERS MAKER GENOA
Offered by: Carlton Hobbs, LLC

Description
9022 A FINE PAIR OF CARVED MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS SIGNED “PETERS MAKER GENOA” Italian. Second Quarter Of The Nineteenth Century. Measurements: Height: 36 1/2″ (93cm) Seat Height: 17″ (43cm) Width: 23 1/2″ (60cm) Depth: 23 1/2″ (60cm)

Of mahogany. Each with rectangular upholstered back surmounted by a shaped crest carved with scrolling and foliate decoration, each downswept arm decorated with a carved anthemion and terminating in a scroll centered by a paterae. The upholstered seat resting on the frame raised on four legs, the front pair scrolled with anthemion and stiff leaf decoration and terminating in paw decoration, the rear legs of sabre form.

The present pair of chairs is by the Savoia court cabinet-maker, Henry Thomas Peters (d.1852). He established workshops in the former convent of Santa Brigida and advertised in the Gazette di Genoa of December 1836 the arrival of furniture imported from Paris. He received a silver medal at the 1846 Genoa Great Exhibition of National Manufactures and Products. He stamped his furniture ‘Peters Maker Genoa’. Peters was employed under the Piedmontese architect Pelagio Pelagi (d.1860) at the Palazzo Reale, Turin and at Castello Reale di Racconigi.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	19th Century
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Incollect Reference #:	714216

Dimensions

W.	23.5 in;	H.	17 in;	D.	23.5 in;
W.	59.69 cm;	H.	43.18 cm;	D.	59.69 cm;

Message from Seller:

Carlton Hobbs specializes in the acquisition, conservation, and research of 17th, 18th and 19th century British and Continental furniture and works of art, with a focus on pieces of exceptional merit, including specially commissioned items with royal or aristocratic provenance and pieces designed by architects.