Daybed - Milan, ca. 1860

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Daybed

Milan, ca. 1860

Code: ANSESE0180889

Price upon request

Features

Milan, ca. 1860

Age:  19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Origin:  Milano, Lombardia, Italy

Description

Center triclinium sofa, made of mahogany and padded with black horsehair fabric. The saber feet are carved with a lion's paw wrapped in acanthus leaves from which a scroll decorated with rosettes and bellflowers emerges; the frontal pillar of the highest side develops into a lion's protome with an acanthus leaf on the neck; the shaped reredos is also enriched with rosettes and has a refined fern carved on the curve of the curl; the bands have simple embossed plates. Original horsehair padding with two cushions, one cylindrical.

Product Condition:
Product in fair condition showing some signs of wear. We try to present the real state as fully as possible with photos. If some details are not clear from the photos, what is stated in the description applies.

Dimensions (cm):
Height: 87
Width: 203
Depth: 67

Seat height:  49

Additional Information

Notes historical bibliographic

The piece of furniture is made according to the typical taste of the second quarter of the 19th century, which in Lombardy saw an insistent continuation of classicism revived in the models designed by Domenico Moglia which often developed into refined carvings made in mahogany according to an English-influenced taste. The Lombard furnishings of this period are usually attributed to Giuseppe Foresti, as he was one of the most talented carvers of the period (in this regard, look at Enrico Colle 1998) but he was certainly not the only one. However, a more in-depth technical analysis allowed us to distinguish the creation of the uprights from the composition of the sofa, better understanding the time of production. In fact, if the legs are a product of the fourth decade of the century, the rest seems to have been created about twenty years later. There are two characteristics that led us to this observation, the first is the fact that the bands and the backrest have carvings made by a less refined hand than the legs and are adorned with a raised panel of evidently later taste than the uprights. The second aspect is given by the fact that the padding is made with springs that have been present since the middle of the century. The construction analysis, on the other hand, demonstrates that the piece of furniture was built and upholstered in the same era and that it did not undergo subsequent modifications. For this reason it is believed that the sofa was made around 1860, using uprights from a previous era, probably leftovers from the workshop.

Age: 19th Century / 1801 - 1900

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

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Daybed

Milan, ca. 1860

Code: ANSESE0180889

Price upon request
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