Carlo Bugatti (1856 - 1940) RARE TWO-SEAT SETTEE, Around 1905 h cm 100 x l cm 140 x p cm 59 In ebonized walnut with pewter inlays, hammered copper framework, tassels, and finely painted parchment panels depicting birds and floral motifs, signed in red Bugatti. Provenance: From a distinguished Italian private collection. Bibliography: For a closely related settee, see Philippe Dejean, 1981, Carlo, Rembrandt, Ettore, Jean Bugatti, Paris, p. 84. For another example, see Masse Marie-Madeleine, 2001, Carlo Bugatti au Musée d’Orsay – Catalogue sommaire illustré du fonds d’archives et des collections, Éditions de la RMN, Paris, p. 97.