Oak frame; mahogany veneering; bronzed wood; gilt bronze, metal; leather,
blue velvet with gold border.
H. 85 cm. (33 ½ in.); L. 204 cm. (80 ½ in.); D. 101 cm. (39 ¾ in.).
Provenance: former collection of Cecil Blumenthal, known as Blunt, and Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt (1885-1971), Count and Countess Pecci-Blunt, at the “Villa Reale” in Marlia (Tuscany).
Bibliography: Eveline Schlumberger, “Un palais décoré par Elisa Bonaparte”, Connaissance des Arts, August 1957, No. 66, pp. 48-53, ill. p.50.
