Pair of Side Chairs

Carlo Bugatti (1856-1940)

Italy, ca. 1888

Stained Italian walnut, inlaid with pewter and bone, carved throughout, with original parchment seat, rope suspended medallion backs, and hammered copper bosses. Literature: Carlo Bugatti au Musee d’Orsay, Masse page 91 show model in period catalog; Bugatti: les Meubles, les Sculptures les Autos, exhibition catalog, Paris 1995, fig. 191.

Height: 35-1/2" Width: 12" Depth: 16"

Code : N-4166

Single Armchair

Italy, Malatesta & Mason, ca. 1950

Walnut frame with conjoined and cascading legs and armrest. Original maker’s plaque on the underside.

Height: 33-1/2" Width: 22-3/4" Depth: 26-1/2"

Arm Height: 23-1/2”

Code : N-6219

Pair of Desk Chairs

Italy, Art Moderne, 1950s

Solid Italian walnut. The sculptural frame supports a “floating” box seat with an open back and upholstered backrest.

Height: 33-3/8" Width: 18" Depth: 20-3/4"

Code : N-6221

Small Chair

Italy, Art Moderne, 1940s

Italian walnut openwork back with a curved crestrail, tapered struts, and an upholstered seat, raised on four tapering feet.

Height: 26-3/4” Width: 23” Depth: 18-7/8”

Code : N-6080

Set of 6 Sidechairs

France, Louis XVI, ca. 1780

In the manner of Georges Jacob. Private collection Geneva, Switzerland. Gray glazed walnut chairs finely carved with acanthus, rosettes, palmtip leaves. The upholstered back “en cabriolet” attached to a curved seat rail.

H: 35” W: 21” D: 17 ½” Seat: 17 ½”

Code : GL-3369

Set of Six Side Chairs

André Sornay (1902-2000)

France, Art Moderne, ca. 1930

Mahogany; vertically grained backrest with an inswept crestrail and tapered sides fastened with four bronze bolts to the four-legged seat.

Height: 39" Width: 18-1/4" Depth: 21"

Code : N-4288

Set of Eight "Lyre" Chairs

Russia, Neoclassical, ca. 1820

Mahogany and brass, comprising six side chairs and two armchairs, with open lyre backs.

Side Chair Height: 36-1/2" Width: 22" Depth: 18-1/2"

Armchair Height: 36" Width: 19-1/4" Depth: 16-1/2"

Code : N-5096

Set of Eight Chairs

Dutch, late 18th Century

Mahogany finely carved dining chairs with an urn and garland crestrail between outset corners, a ribbon on the apron, and fluted legs headed with rosettes.

Height: 37-1/4" Width: 19-1/4" Depth: 20"

Code : N-4415

Set of Six Chairs

Maurice Jallot (1900-1971)

France, Art Moderne, 1940s

Walnut high-back chairs with conforming bronze sabots and original leather with gold tooling. The in-swept and tapered legs are typical of Jallot, see Foucart's Les Decorateurs des annees 40 for a similar example, p.128.

Height: 43" Width: 19-1/3" Depth: 20-1/2"

Code : N-4793

One Chair

Jean Prouve (1901-1984)

France, Vauconsant Company, ca. 1950

Oak and ash "standard" model chair, designed in metal in 1934, produced in wood during and in the aftermath of World War II due to the scarcity of metal. Sulzer's Jean Prouve Complete Works Vol. II page 294-295.

Height: 32" Width: 16" Depth: 19"

Code : N-5153