Dimensions: Height: 40 in (101.6 cm)Width: 22 in (55.88
cm)Depth: 18 in (45.72 cm) seat height 19.5 in
Side Chairs Antique LA . An important Pair of 18th century Portuguese Rococo
Jacaranda Wood High end dining room chairs with beautiful carving all around.
This set of seating is upholstered in light cream fabric that you might want to
update to your taste. Each chair is raised by fine and uniquely shaped circular
legs. At the frieze is a most decorative carved pattern simple lines which
extends around the sides and the back.
Each back with a stylized foliate crest rail above an
elaborately carved splat, on a serpentine seat on cabriole legs terminating in
carved pad feet. They could be used as a pair of side chairs in different parts
of the house. Bedroom chairs, as vanity chairs, hallway chairs, in a dining
room, corner chairs, side chair. Chateau quality Bourgeois furniture. Portuguese
furnishings of the 18th century are bold, quirky, intensive and unlike those of
any other country. They have their own national flavor. The pieces often boast
elaborately turned legs and energetic carving, pierced decorations and
unpredictable combinations of the other styles.
in 18th century colonial Latin America by way of Portugal,
the influence of which lasted from the 1690’s through to the development of
neoclassicism in the 1780s. Elements of the chairs’ design can be found in the
work of Thomas Chippendale, as published in the three editions of his Gentleman
and Cabinet Maker’s Director from 1754.
Portugal and England shared a significant bond during the
eighteenth century, brought about by Portugal’s decision in 1703 to fight along
side the British in the War of Spanish Succession and its bitter relations with
the other leading European nations. A vogue for furniture in the English style
thus developed, seeded by the many pieces brought back to Portugal in 1693 by
the widowed Catherine of Braganza, Queen Consort of Charles II of England and
daughter of John IV of Portugal.
This pair of chairs could look great in a rococo style
estate, as corner chairs, hallway chairs , side chairs in a bedroom or any
other part of the house. Antique Dealer West Hollywood CA Melrose Ave La
Cienega Blvd. to add the Charm and a
piece of history. original color and patina.
Dimensions: Height: 40 in (101.6 cm)Width: 22 in (55.88
cm)Depth: 18 in (45.72 cm) seat height 19.5 in
Sold As: Set of 2 Style: Rococo (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Fabric,Jacaranda,Upholstery,Wood,Hand-Carved,Hand-Crafted
Place of Origin: Portugal Period: 18th Century Date of
Manufacture: 1700s
