Triple-back settee (part of a set), ca. 1790–1800, Italian, Sicily, Carved, gilded and painted walnut, reverse painted glass, cut and voided 17th-century crimson velvet, H. 38-3/4' (98.4 cm.); W. 78-3/8' (199 cm.); D. 26' (66 cm.), Woodwork-Furniture, This settee is from a large set of seat furniture, which included at least four settees and twenty side chairs. It was formerly thought to have been commissioned for the Villa Palagonia at Bagheria near Palermo, but the provenance remains undocumented, and the initials in the cipher at the center of the back, 'PPL,' are as yet unidentified
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Triple-back settee, part, set, ca, 1790–1800, Italian, Sicily, Carved, gilded, painted walnut, reverse painted glass, cut, voided 17th-century crimson velvet, H, 38-3/4, 98.4 cm, W, 78-3/8, 199, D, 26, 66, Woodwork-Furniture, settee, large set, seat furniture, included, four settees, twenty side, chairs, formerly thought, commissioned, Villa Palagonia, Bagheria, Palermo, provenance remains, undocumented, initials, cipher, center, back, PPL, yet unidentified
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