Pair of antique Italian Sgabello hall chairs with intricate romayne panels and grotesque masks,surrounded by ribbons and foliage. Late 18th/early 19th century. The word Scabello comes from the Latin for stool - scabellum. An earlier pair with similar carving to the lower front 'legs' are in The Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Width: 15.5" / 39 cms
Depth: 19" / 48 cms
Height: 38.5" / 98 cms
Seat Height: 17.5" / 44 cms