This chair is based on the decorative designs of Michelangelo Pergolesi, a north Italian silversmith and engraver who flourished in London from ca. 1777-1801. There he published Designs for Various Ornaments (1777-1801) that contained designs for interiors, furniture, silver and other objects in a neo-classical style.  These designs were used by English craftsmen, but this chair, with its delicate, thin, seemingly animate legs and elaborate carving and coloring, is more in the style of northern Italy where Pergolesi began his career and where his designs must have circulated as well.

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