A pair of Italian giltwood carved folding stools, with a rectangular loose cushion seat, in a red silk velvet, above ‘X'-frame baluster supports, carved with scrolls, centred by a patera, joined by shaped stretchers centred by a stylised scallop-shell, on outward scrolled feet.

Date: Turin, 1740 circa

Period: 1600-1750

Medium: Carved, Gilt, Giltwood, Walnut

Dimension: 50 x 57 x 57 cm (19³/₄ x 22¹/₂ x 22¹/₂ inches)

Provenance: French private collection

Literature:
G. Wilson and C. Hess, European Decorative Arts in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, 2001, p. 212, no. 425, illustrated (coming from the Palais de Fontainebleau).
R. Antonetto, Minusieri ed ebanisti del Piemonte, Daniela Piazza editore, 1985, p. 223.
G. Wilson, Decorative Arts in the J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Museum, 1977, p. 33, no. 42, illustrated.
G. de Bellaigue, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor. Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, vol. II, Fribourg, 1974, pp. 641–42, n. 143.
A. Gonzàles Palacios, Casa D’oro, gli stili dei mobili, Fratelli Fabbri editori, Milano 1966, vol. I, p. 112.
V. Viale, Mostra del Barocco Piemontese, Turin 1963, tavs. 185–186a.