Furniture

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ITALIAN CASSONI
Furniture
CASSONI
309.
Cassone
M i l a n , second half o f the sixteenth century
Walnut, partially gilt
Height: 2 ft. 5/8 i n . (73.9 cm); W i d t h :
5 ft. 5 4 i n . (167 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. V% i n .
3
(61.3 cm)
Accession number 68.DA.8
P R O V E N A N C E
Earls o f Warwick, W a r w i c k Castle; [Frank
Partridge and Sons, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; pur­
309
chased by J. Paul Getty.
E X H I B I T I O N S
The Fine Arts Museums o f San Francisco,
The Triumph of Humanism, September 29,
1977-January 18,1978, p. 91, fig. 107; Tulsa,
The Philbrook A r t Center, Gloria dell'arte:
A Renaissance Perspective, October 26,
1979-January 27,1980 (Tulsa, 1979), no. 85,
p. 53, illus.
310.
Cassone
(?) Rome, second half o f the sixteenth
century
Walnut, partially gilt
Height: 2 ft. γ/% i n . (74 cm); W i d t h :
5 ft. 5 /8 i n . (166.6 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. % i n .
3
(61.8 cm)
Accession number 78.DA.120
310
ITALIAN CASSONI
P R O V E N A N C E
[ H . Blairman a n d Sons, L o n d o n , 1963];
purchased by J. Paul Getty for Sutton Place,
Surrey; distributed b y the estate o f J. Paul
Getty t o the J. Paul Getty Museum.
E X H I B I T I O N S
Tulsa, T h e P h i l b r o o k A r t Center, Gloria
delVarte: A Renaissance Perspective, Octo­
ber 26,1979-January 27,1980 (Tulsa, 1979),
no. 86, p. 53, illus.
dei Conti di Coccorone e di Antignano detti
[poi?] dei Conti 0 dei Comitibus abitanti
in FolignOy esi[stenti?] questi [in?] casa di
Contessa Pressilla moglie del Contι Cesare
Bentivogli seniore, il di cui matrimonio seguν
circa V[anno] 1$$[9?] onde e verisimile che
tanto questo quanto I'altro simil cassone
fossero fatti in congiuntura dei loro sponsali
et erano ne٧a maggior parte dorati come pud
ancor vedersi da diverse reliquie discoperte
nel ripulirli e son fattuta del celebre scultore
Maffei.
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, England; [Same A r t ,
Ltd., Zurich].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ 17 (1989),
no. 87, pp. 147-148, illus.
Cassone .1: Height: 2 ft. 5% i n . (75 cm);
311. P a i r o f
Cassoni
W i d t h : 5 ft. 11% i n . (181.5 cm); D e p t h (at
U m b r ν a , 155P)
top): ι ft. 11 % i n . (59 cm); D e p t h (at feet):
A t t r i b u t e d t o A n t o n i o Maffei
3 ft. 6 i n . (76.2 cm); Cassone .2: Height:
Carved walnut, originally partially gilt
2 ft. 5 i n . (73.5 cm); W i d t h : 5 ft. I I / S i n .
Cassone .1 inscribed o n a paper label i n a late
(178.75 cm); D e p t h (at top): 1 ft. 11% i n .
seventeenth- or early eighteenth-century
(59 cm); D e p t h (at feet): 2 ft. 5 i n .
hand L'arme che si vede nel mezzo della parte
d'avanti di questo cassone e delh famiglia
(73.75 cm)
3
312
312. C r e d e n z a
Accession number 88.DA.7.1—.2
Florence, circa 1600-1650
Carved walnut
Height: 3 ft. 9% i n . (114.93
c
m
) ; Width:
6 ft. 7 4 i n . (202.56 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 9/2 i n .
3
(54.61 cm)
Accession number 78.DA.107
P R O V E N A N C E
[Ugo Bardini, i960]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty for Sutton Place, Surrey; distributed
by the estate o f J. Paul Getty to the J. Paul
Getty Museum.
E X H I B I T I O N S
Woodside, California, Filoli, o n loan,
1983 -1992.
One of a pair
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1 1
185
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ITALIAN
CASSONI
COMMODES
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1983," GettyMusJiz (1984),
314. C o m m o d e
Venice, circa 1745-1750
no. 17, p. 267, illus.; Handbook 1986,
p. 191, illus.
Painted, gilt, and silvered oak
Height: 2 ft. 8/8 i n . (81.5 cm); W i d t h :
4 ft. 9% i n . (147 cm); Depth: 2 ft. Vs i n .
(62.5 cm)
Accession number 83.DA.282
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) O r s i n i Family, Italy; (sold, Saint-Malo,
France, 1982) [Didier Aaron, Paris]; (sold,
313
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , July 15,1983, lot 114);
[Alexander and Berendt, L o n d o n ] .
313. C r e d e n z a
(?) U m b r ν a , late seventeenth century (later
remade)
Carved walnut
Height: 3 ft. 10 4 i n . (118.74 cm); W i d t h :
3
4 ft. 1% i n . (124.46 cm); D e p t h : 1ft.IOVZ i n .
(57.15 cm)
Accession number 78.DA. 109
P R O V E N A N C E
[Ugo Bardini, i960]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty for Sutton Place, Surrey; distributed
by the estate o f J. Paul Getty to the J. Paul
Getty Museum.
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ITALIAN TABLES
316.
Octagonal
Table
Northern Italian (possibly Mantua),
circa 1550
Rosso di Verona inlaid w i t h new antico and
cipollina marble
Height: 2 ft. 9% i n . (84.5 cm); W i d t h (of
top): 3 ft. 9/2 i n . (115.5 cm)
315
Accession number 90.DA.33
TABLES
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Palazzo Gonzaga, Mantua (exh. cat.,
315.
Table
Stedelijk Museum, 1934); private collection,
Tuscany, sixteenth century
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the Netherlands, 1934; private collection,
Walnut
Paris, since 1975; [Alain M o a t t i , Paris].
Height: 2 ft. 10 i n . (86.4 cm); W i d t h :
P R O V E N A N C E
[Same A r t , L t d . , Z u r i c h ] .
8 ft. 6 i n . (259 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 10 i n .
E X H I B I T I O N S
(86.4 cm)
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Italiaansche
Accession number 78.DA. 121
Kunst in Nederlandsch Bezit, July 1- Octo­
ber ι, 1934, no. 1008.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJi^ (1987),
no. 117, pp. 217-218, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
[Ugo Bardini, 1963]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty for Sutton Place, Surrey; distributed
by the estate o f J. Paul Getty to the J. Paul
Getty M u s e u m .
317.
Table
The Vιneto, late sixteenth century
Rosso di Verona marble
Height: 2 ft. yVs i n . (81 cm); W i d t h :
9 ft. n / 8 i n . (308 cm); D e p t h : 4 ft. /s i n .
5
5
(123.5 cm)
Accession number 86.DA.489
317
187
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ITALIAN
TABLES
318
Top
318
318. Pietre Dure
Table
PROVENANCE
319 C o n s o l e T a b l e
Florence or Rome
Corsini, Florence, by at least the nineteenth
(?) Piedmont, circa 1730
Tabletop: circa 1580-1600
century; by descent i n the Corsini family;
Carved and gilt w o o d w i t h sarrancolin
Pietre dure and marble mosaic including
[Same A r t , L t d . , Z u r i c h , 1991].
marble top
breccia di Tivoli (or Quintilina), giallo antico,
new antico, breccia rossa, breccia cenerina,
breccia verde, broccatello, bianco e new
antico, serpentine, alabaster fiorito and
alabaster a tartaruga, lapis lazuli, coral, rock
crystal, and yellow and black jasper
Length: 4 ft. 5% i n . (136.5 cm); W i d t h :
3 ft.
8/2
i n . (113 cm);
Base: circa 1825
Carved and gilt w o o d
Height: 2 ft. n /s i n . (89.9 cm)
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Accession number 92.DA.70
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Leonardo G i n o r i Lisci, I Palazzi di Firenze
nelk storia delTarte (Florence, 1972), vol. 1,
p. 152 (reproduces nineteenth-century
Height: 2 ft. 10% i n . (86.9 cm); W i d t h :
6 ft. 5 4 i n . (196.2 cm); D e p t h : 3 ft. 6 4 i n .
J
(78.1 cm)
Accession number 78.DA.118
archival photograph o f object); Alessandra
PROVENANCE
Guicciardini Corsi Salviati, AJJreschi di
Elsie de Wolfe, N e w York.
Pahzzo Corsini a Firenze ι6$ο~ιγοο (Florence,
1989), p i . 23 (reproduces same photograph
as above); "Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJzi
(1993), i n press, illus.
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ITALIAN TABLES
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Baroness Lionel de Rothschild (nιe
Charlotte v o n Rothschild), Gunnersbury
Park, Middlesex; Alfred de Rothschild
(1842-1918), H a l t o n , Buckinghamshire, by
1884;
D
y descent to E d m u n d de Rothschild
(b. 1916), Exbury, Hampshire; [Frank
Partridge and Sons, L t d . , London, 1972];
[French and Company, N e w York, o n con­
signment from Frank Partridge and Sons,
L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Gillian Wilson, Decorative Arts in the J . Paul
Getty Museum (Malibu, 1977), no. 49, p. 38,
illus.
319
320,
Center Table
Top: Florence or Rome, circa 1600-1620
Support: See entry no. 85 under French
Furniture
Pietre dure and marble mosaic top
W i d t h : 6 ft. 5 /8 i n . (197.1 c m ) ; Depth:
5
5 ft. 3 /8 i n . (115.8 cm)
5
Accession number 7 2 . D A . 58
lop
320
189
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ITALIAN
TABLES
322
321
321. Side Table
322. Side Table
323. Side Table
Italian, circa 1760-1770
Rome, circa 1670
Rome, circa 1720-1730
Design attributed to Johann Paul Schor,
G i l t pine
Carved and g i l t - w o o d base surmounted by
called Giovanni Paolo Tedesco
Height: 3 ft. 1 i n . (93.9 cm); W i d t h : 6 ft. 3 i n .
a marble top
Carved and gilt w o o d
(190.5 cm); D e p t h : 3 ft. 2 i n . (96.5 cm)
Height: 3 ft. 5 /i6 i n . (105 cm); W i d t h :
Height: 5 ft. 6 % i n . (170 cm); W i d t h :
Accession number 82. D A . 8
5 ft. % i n . (153 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 5/8 i n .
(74 cm)
7 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (225 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 9%; i n .
(85 cm)
Accession number 86.DA.7
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, England; Belgian art
market; [Jacques Kugel, Paris, 1981].
[International Patent Trust Reg., Vaduz,
Liechtenstein].
Accession number 87.DA.135
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, Switzerland; [Danae A r t
P R O V E N A N C E
Rudolph Hegetschweile, Z u r i c h , since 1947;
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B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Handbook 1986, p. 188, illus.; Handbook
1991, p. 215, illus.
International, S.A., Panama].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ 16 (1988),
no. 79, p. 181, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 216,
illus.
ITALIAN TABLES
324
323
Height: 2 ft. Vs i n . (77.8 cm); W i d t h :
324. Table
(?) Naples, 179(F)
10% i n . (87.5 cm); Depth: io Α6 i n . (87.5 cm)
By Francesco A b b i a t i
Accession number 84.DA.77
7
Oak, walnut, and poplar veneered w i t h
P R O V E N A N C E
purplewood, satinwood, ebony, and various
fruitwoods
Brothers, Inc., N e w York].
Signed and dated i n the central roundel o f
marquetry o n the top, FRANCO
179(0·
ABBIATI
Private collection, Cleveland, O h i o ; [Dalva
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B I B L I O G R A P H Y
'Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus] 13 (1985),
no. 254, p. 258, illus.
Top
324
191
192
ITALIAN SEAT
FURNITURE
SEAT F U R N I T U R E
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
House o f Savoy, Racconigi, Turin; M r s .
Private collection, England, since the eigh­
Walter Hayes Burns (nιe Morgan), N o r t h
teenth century; [Alexander and Berendt,
T u r i n , circa 1710-1715
M y m m s Park, Hertfordshire; Major-
L t d . , L o n d o n , 1984].
325. S i d e
Chair
G i l t w o o d w i t h modern silk upholstery
General Sir George Burns, N o r t h M y m m s
copying the original silk
Park (sold, Christie's, N o r t h M y m m s Park,
Height: 4 ft. 2 /s i n . (118.5 cm); W i d t h :
September 24-26,1979, lot 215 [one o f five]);
ι ft. 9% i n . (55.6 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 3 /s i n .
[Partridge (Fine Arts), L t d . , London,
(69.5 cm)
1979-1983].
5
3
Accession number 83.DA.281
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ 16 (1988),
no. 78, pp. 180-181, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1983," GettyMusJ 12 (1984),
no. 16, p. 267, illus.
3 2 6 . Set
of F o u r
Armchairs
Venice, circa 1730-1740
Carved, gessoed, and gilt walnut; upholstered
i n modern Genoese velvet
Armchair .1: Height: 2 ft. io 4 i n . (137.8 cm);
3
W i d t h : 2 ft. 9Κ i n . (85.1 cm); Depth:
2 ft. 10 4 i n . (88.3 cm); Armchair .2: Height:
3
4 ft. yYs i n . (140 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 9% i n .
(86 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 10% i n . (87.3 cm);
Armchair .3: Height: 4 ft. 6% i n . (138.5 cm);
W i d t h : 2 ft. 9% i n . (85.8 cm); Depth:
2 ft. 11 4 i n . (89.8 cm); Armchair .4: Height:
3
4 ft. 7% i n . (140.3 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 9% i n .
(86 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 9% i n . (84.5 cm)
Accession number 87.DA.2.1—.4
325
One of four
326
I T A L I A N SEAT F U R N I T U R E
328. D a y b e d
Accession number 86.DA.511
Turin, designed between 1832-1835
By Filippo Pelagio Palagi (born i n Bologna
1775-1860)
Maple inlaid w i t h mahogany
O n back o f frame, 3421 stenciled i n green
paint from Racconigi inventory o f 1900
(obscured by upholstery), Dazio Verificato
ink stamp, PPR 3421 incised stamp. O n
P R O V E N A N C E
K i n g Carlo Alberto, Racconigi Palace
(near Turin), u n t i l 1922; 1938-1980 i n a p r i ­
vate Swiss collection; [ H e i m Gallery, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1980].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJi ) (1987),
1
frame o f upholstered seat Dazio Verificato
no. 118, p. 218, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 219,
ink stamp, Racconigi Camera da letto degli
illus.
Augusti Sposi i n pencil across front. O n
frame structure 57 i n i n k o n part o f a label,
327
327. F o l d i n g Stool
a pencil design for inlay.
Height: 2 ft. iVx i n . (80 cm); W i d t h :
7 ft. 4 /β i n . (224 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 3/8 i n .
!
T u r i n , circa 1735
Carved and gilt w o o d
(69 cm)
Branded twice w i t h three fleurs-de-lys and
w i t h the letters FON for the Chateau de
Fontainebleau
Height: 1 ft. 4% i n . (41.1 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 3/8 i n . (68.9 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 5/8 i n .
(43.5 cm)
Accession number 74. D A . 26
P R O V E N A N C E
Chateau de Fontainebleau d u r i n g the nine­
teenth century; [ M a t t h e w Schutz, L t d . ,
N e w York].
E X H I B I T I O N S
T h e D e t r o i t Institute o f Arts, M a r c h 7June 13,1975.
328
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Gillian W i l s o n , Decorative Arts in the J . Paul
Getty Museum, 1977, p. 33, no. 42, illus.
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