RARE COPPER AND PARCHMENT SIDE CHAIR BY CARLO BUGATTI
Italy, circa 1902
 
Rare carved walnut side chair by Carlo Bugatti upholstered with parchment and inlaid with pewter details and mounted with hammered copper decoration. Beauty & Mischief: The Design Alchemy of Blackman Cruz, Blackman, Cruz and Stukin, pg. 132 illustrates this example Carlo Bugatti au Musée d'Orsay, Massé, ppg. 85, 95 illustrate similar example Bugatti, Dejean, pg. 85 illustrates similar example