Carlo Bugatti, Throne Armchair

Throne armchair in ebonized wood and mahogany, inlaid with pewter with curule seat bottom and full armrests on side base with four small columns on each foot and disc back covered with parchment, silk trimmings. Backrest support bars in high column with copper ring with embossed decoration on one side and with small round top with fringed edge, copper bottom on the other. The backrest is held by passementerie on the two columns. Armrests fringed with trimmings on either side. Bibliography: de Vecchi & Cie, catalog of Fabrica Italiana Mobili Artistici, "Gia C. Bugatti & C", Milano, sofa model referenced under n° 336. Exhibition: Musée d'Orsay, catalog "Carlo Bugatti au musée d' Orsay”, Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 2001, model referenced on a document from the photographic archives of the period, n° 8-53, reproduced, p. 97.