CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940)
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CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940)

A THRONE CHAIR, CIRCA 1900

Details
CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940)
A THRONE CHAIR, CIRCA 1900
ebonised wood, brass, pewter, painted vellum, tassels
61 in. (155 cm.) high; 30 ¼ in. (77 cm.) wide; 23 in. (59 cm.) deep
Literature
Other examples illustrated:
P. Dejean, Carlo, Rembrandt, Ettore, Jean Bugatti, Paris, 1981, p. 32, another example photographed in the bedroom of Lord Battersea, pp. 44 and 83;
B. Lamarche-Vadel, B. Dufour, A. Lamparska-Rivet, Bugatti, Les Meubles, Bugatti Les Sculptures, Bugatti Les Autos, Paris, 1995, pp. 30 and 165;
Carlo Bugatti au Musée d'Orsay - Catalogue Sommaire Illustré du Fonds d'Archives et des Collections, Paris, 2001, p. 97 ill. 8.53;
Carlo Bugatti, exhib. cat., Musée d'Orsay, 10 April - 15 July 2001, Paris, p. 53, cat. no. 27.
Exhibited
This model was shown at the Prima Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna, Turin, 1902
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