THE CONFIDANTE 20TH CENTURY, THE FABRIC 18TH CENTURY

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AN OVAL CONFIDANTE UPHOLSTERED IN A CHINESE GREEN-GROUND CUT-VELVET
THE CONFIDANTE 20TH CENTURY, THE FABRIC 18TH CENTURY
The silk voided velvet with a lotus and scroll pattern and a key-fret border
37 1/4 in. (94.6 cm.) high, 74 in. (188 cm.) wide, 48 1/4 in. (122.6 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired from Hilde-Brand Furniture, Inc., San Francisco, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1994 (the confidante).
Acquired from Jack Lenor Larsen, San Francisco, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1996 (the fabric).

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

T‌he cut (voided) velvet used to cover this confidante likely comes from a Chinese floor covering. A velvet carpet fragment with similar lotus pattern, dating to the late Ming/early Qing dynasties, is illustrated by J. Vollmer in Emblems of Empire: Selections from the Mactaggart Art Collection, Edmonton, 2009, p. 140. Other similar examples can be found at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London [V&A 433-1882] and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York [MET 30.76.37].

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