Pair of Italian Renaissance Pine Sgabello Side Chairs

Pair of Italian Renaissance style (17th Cent) walnut Sgabelli with 4 turned legs and stretcher.

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17th century Italian Renaissance-style walnut straight 4-legged Sgabelli with V cut on back (one with incised cross).

Italian Renaissance-style carved wooden chair with spiral turned front legs and stretcher, rear saber legs, and a back featuring a painted white crest with a central black lion.  

English Renaissance style (17th century) walnut 3 tier spindle back side chairs with upholstered seat. (3-Priced each).

A fine pair of Italian 19th century heavily carved Sgabello side chairs. The entire front surface of each is hand carved and is beautifully sculpted. In the entrance halls of Italian...

A sgabello is an Italian chair that originated in the Renaissance. Originally designed to be displayed in a hallway (like a French side chair), sgabello were typically highly carved with some sort of familial crest or coat of arms incorporated into the décor. They were purely decorative, as the backrests were elaborately carved with protuberances and bulging motifs; comfort was not a primary concern. Hand-carved from walnut in Italy, circa 1870, our Renaissance style sgabello has recently been bleached, allowing the carvings to gain further prominence. The shaped seat has quarter round molding adorned with a series of niches that have been filled with trefoil leaves. Additional foliage has been shallowly incised to the top of the seat, with sprawling rinceaux surrounding a potted plant. The uniquely shaped seatback has several canted edges, topped with various Renaissance motifs. A pair of fragmented...

Pair antique Italian Renaissance side chairs are elaborate expressions of the style, celebrating the beauty and majesty of earthly wonders in sculpted wood. The high, arched seatbacks are contoured for comfort, and feature foliates, scrollwork, rosettes and more, all with a pierce-carved seatback splat. Fine tapestry upholstery with a complementary naturalistic design provides comfort, and is supported by a contoured apron all around with the sides and front sections artfully carved with detail. Double scrolled front legs and contoured rear legs are connected with a modified "H" stretcher with the center oriented to present another carved facade...

A fine pair of Italian 19th century Baroque Revival style carved walnut Sgabello figural side-chairs, each backrest with carvings of winged male figures, the base with female figures...

A handsome pair of 19th century Italian ebonized wood chairs. The chairs of alluring shape, with slatted legs and back. The legs of a curvaceous "X" form rising to a flat seat. The b...

Meant to be used as ornament and typically placed in a hallway. Well carved overall. Shows lots of age and is in good condition.