Sgabelli Chair

CultureItalian

Date16th century

MediumCarved walnut and partially gilded

DimensionsOverall: 39 × 17 1/2 inches (99.06 × 44.45 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Object number33-18/1

On View

Not on view

Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionSgabelli chair, back shaped and carved with masque and top surmounted with a crest terminating in Florentine lily; sunken moulded seat.Provenance

Provenance

Gerald Henry Foley, 7th Baron Foley (1898-1927), Ruxley Lodge, Claygate, Surrey, England, by October 14, 1919;

His sale, Ruxley Lodge, Claygate, Surrey, The Very Rare and Magnificent Collection of Heirlooms and Objects d’Art, Castiglione and Scott, London, October 14-20, 1919, lot 235;

Possibly with Huller and Co., New York, by June 11, 1928;

Possibly bought from Huller and Co. by French and Company, New York, stock no. 32173, June 11, 1928-1933 [1];

Purchased from French and Company by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.

NOTES:

[1] The French and Company stock number for these chairs is documented in the NAMA registration files. The corresponding stock sheet, however, is missing from the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, French and Company Stock Sheets, box 35, folder 3. The sheets with stock numbers immediately following these chairs’ stock number are also for chairs, all of which were purchased from Huller and Co. on June 11, 1928. It is reasonable to expect these chairs may have been acquired from Huller and Co. on the same date.

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