• The Collection of Ann and Gordon Getty
Lot 655

Italian Carved Walnut and Fruitwood Day Bed, designed by Agostino Fantastici, Sienna

Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Sold for

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4 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. 2 in. x 46 in., height of seat 22 in.

Interior dimensions 77 1/2 x 38 in.

Literature: Palazzo Publico, Sienna, Agostino Fantastici, Architetto Senese 1782-1845, September - November, catalog, p. 230, no. VI M. (illustrated).

Condition

Adapted, this piece was formerly a settee, now converted to a day bed. Composed of some later elements. Minor age splits, nicks and scattered worming (inactive). Finials added later in date. Lacking slats. 

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Made for Mario Bianchi Bandinelli for Villa del Pavone, Sienna, Italy.

By decent in the Bianchi Bandinelli family.

Sold Christie's Monaco, June 20, 1994, Lot 343 and Lot 344. 

The Collection of Ann and Gordon Getty.