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Henry Thomas Peters of Genoa: Savoia Court Cabinet-Maker. The following five lots are either by or attributed to the Savoia court cabinet-maker, Henry Thomas Peters (d.1852). He established workshops in the former convent of Santa Brigida and advertised in the Gazette di Genoa of December 1836 the arrival of furniture imported from Paris. He received a silver medal at the 1846 Genoa Great Exhibition of National Manufactures and Products. He stamped his furniture 'Peters Maker Genoa'. Peters was employed under the Piedmontese architect Pelagio Pelagi (d.1860) at the Palazzo Reale, Turin and at Castello Reale di Racconigi.

A ROYAL NORTH ITALIAN MAHOGANY CHAIR

BY HENRY THOMAS PETERS, GENOA, CIRCA 1835

Details

A ROYAL NORTH ITALIAN MAHOGANY CHAIR
By Henry Thomas Peters, Genoa, circa 1835
The central scrolled tablet cresting flanked by dolphins above reeded stiles enclosing a brown leather upholstered back and seat on a moulded seat-rail with lappeted ring and spirally turned legs, the front seat- rail stamped 'PETERS MAKER GENOA', also with painted inventory marks 'P.P.R. 4542' and stamped 'P.P.R. 1284', and a Castello Reale di Racconigi inventory label inscribed '1284' and dated 1933

Provenance

Castello Reale di Racconigi, Turin.

Literature

E. Baccheschi, An Englishman in Genoa; Mobili di Peters Antiques Milan, September 1991 pp.138-143.
A. Gonzales-Palacios, Il Mobile in Liguria, Genova, 1996, pp.324-325.

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This lot is offered without reserve. VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

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