PAIR OF NEOCLASSICAL ARMCHAIRS Probably Italian In walnut stained to imitate mahogany and partly blackened, the back reversed, the armrests terminated by lion's heads, the arched legs terminated by claws at the front and saber-shaped at the back, upholstered in beige embossed velvet with floral decoration; small accidents, reinforcements at the waist. H.: 88 cm (34 ½ in.) W.: 58 cm (22 ¾ in.) A pair of Neoclassical tinted walnut and ebonised armchairs, probably Italian

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