Antique Italian Hand Carved Walnut Renaissance Dragon & Knight Throne Chair 1880 Sculpture "820–400" chaise (1954)

"820–400" chaise (1954)

Arnaldo Roche Rabell began his artistic training at the Luchetti School of Art in Santurce

the head of the bull is engraved with decoration to resemble henna tattoos

American Case Furniture in the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University) Exceptional Queen Anne carved & figured maple dressing table Philadelphia PA circa 1760

it has just been wax polished in Bloomsbury's workshops and has a warm deep honey colored patina

Antique Italian Hand Carved Walnut Renaissance Dragon & Knight Throne Chair 1880 Sculpture "820–400" chaise (1954)SOLD A fine & remarkable carved walnut Renaissance Revival Italian Curule chair, carved with Dragons & Knights, circa 1880. The chair having a very finely carved top crest with a pair of winged dragons with their claws resting on a shield draped with a carved chain with a dragons tooth, the dragons flank a knight's helmet, to each side are 'grotesques' carved as the head of monks. The back having an upholstered head rest with stylized acanthus leaf