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Side Chair, Sicily, Italy, 1790/1800, Carved, gilded and painted wood, inlay reverse painted glass, modern upholstery

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Chair · Sicily

Side Chair

Sicily, Italy · Sicily · 1790/1800

Medium: Carved, gilded and painted wood, inlay reverse painted glass, modern upholstery
Dimensions: 98.5 × 55.3 × 57.2 cm (38 3/4 × 21 3/4 × 22 1/2 in.)
Accession: 1960.790
Credit line: Albert C. Hagmayer Memorial Fund

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