Bidspirit auction | Carlo Bugatti

Carlo Bugatti - Carlo Bugatti (Milano 1855 - Molsheim 1940) - Chair, 1900 circa. 149,5 x 40,5 x 40,5 cm Chair with high and asymmetrical backrest, wooden structure richly pewter inlaid and decorated with elements in bone and embossed copper; fabric passementerie and refined painted parchment coverings designed in 1900 circa wood, parchment, copper, pewter, bone, fabric Carlo Bugatti, Milan, Italy PROVENANCE Acquired in the 1910's by the naval engineers General of the Royal Italian Navy, Filippo Bonfiglietti in Rome From a distinguished private collection, Milan, Italy Thence by descent EXHIBITIONS I Bugatti, 21/6 - 21/9 1997, Masnago Castle, Varese, 1997 (for a similar model) LITERATURE Exibithion catalogue, I Bugatti, 21/6 - 21/9 1997, Masnago Castle, Varese, Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta editions, 1997, pag. 32 (for a similar model) Dimensions 149,5 x 40,5 x 40,5 cm