Rout chair
Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi (1767-1855)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1800 - 1850
Materials
Cherry, cane
Measurements
86 x 42 cm
Place of origin
Chiavari
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1127620.3
Summary
A chair, one of a set of six cherry chiavari, or rout, chairs, Italian, early to mid-19th century, by Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi (1767-1855) of Chiavari, Genoa. Having a broad curving toprail, horizontal splat with central swelling and woven cane seat, on turned and tapering legs united by turned peripheral stretchers.
Marks and inscriptions
Rear of splat: FABRICA / DI / GAETANO DESCALZI / DEITO CAPANINO / IV CHIAVARI
Makers and roles
Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi (1767-1855), maker