Antique Chair with Bacchic Themes, Pen and gray ink, brown wash, over graphite on white laid paper, View of the throne from an oblique angle. Throne back is a square form decorated with the Bacchic symbols of grapes and musical instruments. The arms and forelegs of the throne are in the form of winged lions, whose wings transform to volutes with beadwork. Between the legs are two masks flanked a vase with lion handles. The seat back is decorated with the hide of a boar, possibly that of the mythological Calydonian Boar., Rome, Italy, Italy, ca. 1800, furniture, Drawing, Drawing
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Antique Chair, Bacchic Themes, Pen, gray ink, brown wash, graphite, white laid paper, View, throne, oblique angle, Throne back, square form decorated, Bacchic symbols, grapes, musical instruments, arms, forelegs, throne, form, winged lions, wings transform, volutes, beadwork, legs, two masks flanked, vase, lion handles, seat back, decorated, hide, boar, mythological Calydonian Boar, Rome, Italy, Italy, ca, 1800, furniture, Drawing, Drawing
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