P3 has note
| - Armchair with continuous back and arms, the whole upholstered in silk damask, the frame of carved and gilded wood, with two figures of putti, almost life size, providing arm supports at the front. The armchair has a spoon-shaped back, the continuous rail carved on both back and front with flowers alternating with foliage within a trefoil, all gilded. The central cresting of the back is carved with floral sprays centreing on acanthus, and the ends of the arms are carved with acanthus volutes, supported on each side by a kneeling putto or child, carved in the round and almost life-sized. On the back the deep seat rail is carved with large scrolls, alternately centred by palmettes or sunflowers. The original upholstery survives, of red and gold flowered silk, the eges corded and the base set with a deep and complex fringe. The seat has a separate cushion with a welt, corded on the top and bottom edges and buttoned. (en)
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