Name/Title
Sardinian 3-legged Chairs in Peasant Renaissance StyleEntry/Object ID
HM-19. 1-2Description
Three-legged chairs with irregular notched gnarled pattern cut out of wood.
#1 - narrow carved back,
#2 - with heart cut-out decoration at center
15-18c Italian in the peasant renaissance style.
"The sgabello is a type of chair or stool with carved and often elaborately ornamented wood legs and back. The form originated in Renaissance Italy, and its popularity spread throughout Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries." (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/670538)Collection
FurnitureLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
StoolNomenclature Sub-Class
Seating FurnitureNomenclature Class
FurnitureNomenclature Category
Category 02: FurnishingsGeneral Notes
Note Type
1970ca Handwritten Inventory p(8) - Sicilian Room & Lower Round Dining RoomNote Type
1951 Tour Manual 016