Attributed to Gabriele Capello known as "Moncalvo"... - Lot 321 - Osenat

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Attributed to Gabriele Capello known as "Moncalvo"... - Lot 321 - Osenat
Attributed to Gabriele Capello known as "Moncalvo" (1806-1877), after a design by Filippo Pelagio Palagi (1775-1860) A giltwood armchair with a curved pediment topped by scrolls, moulded and carved with palmettes, laurel branches, scrolls and fleurons, the slightly arched waist, the arms in the shape of a baluster, supported by front jambs with griffin heads, decorated with acanthus leaves and adorned with flowers, the slightly arched belt, the baluster armrests supported by front jambs with griffin heads, decorated with acanthus leaves and ending in a hock with claw feet, rear feet in sabre. Italy, First half of the 19th century (wear to the gilding, some chips) It has been upholstered with a tapestry with a pink background and polychrome decoration of bouquets of flowers in frames of foliage. (Wear) H :100 W :70 D : 55 cm Filippo Pelagio Palagi Painter and sculptor by training, is particularly interested in the architecture of classical antiquity. He moved to Rome in 1806, worked with Antonio Canova, and deepened his knowledge of Egyptian, Greek and Roman archaeology. From then on, Palagi worked as an architect and decorator. His fame reached the Court of Savoy and Carlo Alberto of Savoy-Carignan, King of Sardinia, entrusted him in 1832 with the project of renovating the interiors of the Raconnigi Palazzo near Turin and the Royal Palace. Palagi preserves the strict forms of the Empire style to which he adapts particularly inventive and eclectic decorations Gabriele Capello (1806-1877), called Moncalvo from the name of his native town, one of the best cabinet makers of his time executes most of Palagi's models Cf Roberto Antonetto, Gabriele Capello "Moncalvo" Ebanista di due re, Umberto Allemandi & Co Ed.Turin, New York 2004.
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