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Pair of Italian Crab-Form Grotto Chairs, Attributed to Pauly et Cie, Venice
$44,540.51per set
£32,000per set
€37,661.76per set
CA$61,129.63per set
A$64,588.91per set
CHF 34,741.29per set
MX$773,348.01per set
NOK 435,267.70per set
SEK 398,642.04per set
DKK 281,228.79per set
About the Item
These wacky 'Grotto' chairs were manufactured in Venice in response to the 19th century interior design craze for Grotto furniture. The trend originated with the European nobility of the 18th and 19th centuries, who designed and built whole rooms as shell-encrusted pavilions, to resemble grottos.
These chairs are attributed to the Venetian firm Pauly et Cie, who were the leading makers of Grotto furniture in Europe in the late 19th Century; each chair has been expertly crafted in the form of a crab and decorated with a polychrome painted finish. They each feature a hinged back opening to reveal an upholstered velvet seat, all set on a naturalistic base in the form of a shell.
Measure: The height of each chair when open is 108cm, and when closed 60cm.
- Attributed to:Pauly et Cie (Maker)
- Dimensions:Height: 42.52 in (108 cm)Width: 32.68 in (83 cm)Depth: 14.57 in (37 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 2
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- Date of Manufacture:Late 19th Century
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- Seller Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:Seller: 151391stDibs: LU95638792453
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