Sardinian 3-legged Chairs in Peasant Renaissance Style
Entry/Object ID
HM-19. 1-2
Description
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)
