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CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940) Model n°326, the model designed around [1897-1898] and presented at the Turin Exhibitions of 1898 and 1902 Pair of chairs in natural wood and blackened wood; the rear legs continue into backrest uprights and are connected by buttresses topped with hollowed-out circular parts. The truncated disks of the back legs, the openwork belts and the front leg shoes feature geometric motifs in metal marquetry (pewter and brass) on blackened wood. The colonnettes forming the front feet receive copper leaf with repoussé motifs. The tops of the connecting dice, the seat frames, the bars and the backrest disks are also in copper leaf with embossed and pierced motifs. Back medallions held in place by cords (replaced). Seat and back medallions upholstered in parchment. Circa 1900. Used condition, accidents and missing parts on frames, marquetry and copper parts, parchment parts in poor condition, non-original cords, missing passementerie parts on seat falls. Height: 100cm - Width: 40cm - Depth: 45cm Exhibitions (of our seat model): - Esposizione generale italiana del 1898 - Turin, 1898. An identical model presented at this event. - Esposizione generale italiana del 1902 (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Arts) - Turin, 1902. An identical model presented at this event. Bibliography: - A. De Vecchi (già Bugatti & C.), Fabbrica italiana mobili artistici - Catalogue commercial de la maison De Vecchi & Cie (anciennement Bugatti & Cie), circa 1904-1905. Our model 326 featured in this publication. - Philippe Dejean - Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean Bugatti, Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1981. An identical model is reproduced on page 85. - H. G. Conway et al - Die Bugattis, Automobile, Möbel, Bronzen, Plakate - Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 1983. An identical model, catalog number C31, is reproduced on page 79 and described on page 80. - Henry H. Hawley et al - Bugatti - Cleveland Museum of Art/University of Washington Press, Cleveland/Seattle, 1999. Identical model reproduced on page 12, on an archive photograph from the 1898 Turin Exhibition. - Marie-Madeleine Massé - Carlo Bugatti at the Musée d'Orsay, Catalogue sommaire illustré du fonds d'archives et des collections - Éditions Musée d'Orsay & Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 2001. 326, in the Musée d'Orsay collections, referenced under catalog number 8.8, reproduced on page 91 and described on page 90.
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CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940) Model n°326, the model designed around [1897-1898] and presented at the Turin Exhibitions of 1898 and 1902 Pair of chairs in natural wood and blackened wood; the rear legs continue into backrest uprights and are connected by buttresses topped with hollowed-out circular parts. The truncated disks of the back legs, the openwork belts and the front leg shoes feature geometric motifs in metal marquetry (pewter and brass) on blackened wood. The colonnettes forming the front feet receive copper leaf with repoussé motifs. The tops of the connecting dice, the seat frames, the bars and the backrest disks are also in copper leaf with embossed and pierced motifs. Back medallions held in place by cords (replaced). Seat and back medallions upholstered in parchment. Circa 1900. Used condition, accidents and missing parts on frames, marquetry and copper parts, parchment parts in poor condition, non-original cords, missing passementerie parts on seat falls. Height: 100cm - Width: 40cm - Depth: 45cm Exhibitions (of our seat model): - Esposizione generale italiana del 1898 - Turin, 1898. An identical model presented at this event. - Esposizione generale italiana del 1902 (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Arts) - Turin, 1902. An identical model presented at this event. Bibliography: - A. De Vecchi (già Bugatti & C.), Fabbrica italiana mobili artistici - Catalogue commercial de la maison De Vecchi & Cie (anciennement Bugatti & Cie), circa 1904-1905. Our model 326 featured in this publication. - Philippe Dejean - Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean Bugatti, Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1981. An identical model is reproduced on page 85. - H. G. Conway et al - Die Bugattis, Automobile, Möbel, Bronzen, Plakate - Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 1983. An identical model, catalog number C31, is reproduced on page 79 and described on page 80. - Henry H. Hawley et al - Bugatti - Cleveland Museum of Art/University of Washington Press, Cleveland/Seattle, 1999. Identical model reproduced on page 12, on an archive photograph from the 1898 Turin Exhibition. - Marie-Madeleine Massé - Carlo Bugatti at the Musée d'Orsay, Catalogue sommaire illustré du fonds d'archives et des collections - Éditions Musée d'Orsay & Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 2001. 326, in the Musée d'Orsay collections, referenced under catalog number 8.8, reproduced on page 91 and described on page 90.
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