Eugenio Quarti
Settee, 1900
Mahogany, mother-of-pearl, brass and pewter inlay
h. 38 1/8 in. (97 cm) - w. 48 7/8 in. (124 cm) - w. 23 in. (58 cm)
Signed E. Quarti with the circular monogram
Further images
Provenance
Italian private collection - Cambi Auction, Milan, 23rd March 2020, lot 5.Exhibitions
This settee is identical to the one presented at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. Quarti showed a complete salotto in the Italian Section on the Esplanade des Invalides and was awarded a Grand Prix. The same salotto was presumably shown at the 1902 International Exhibition in Turin.
Literature
‘Die Architektur der Internationalen Ausstellung für moderne dekorative Kunst in Turin 1902’, in Architektonische Rundschau : Skizzenblätter aus allen Geieten der Baukunst, volume 18, 1902, page 86.