European Furniture & Decorative Arts

Attractive and ready to use condition. Parts of the marble forming the draped clothing are comprised of small sections of marble "mosaicked" together and with fill (not solid marble). The heads and bodies are solid carved marble. An area of repair with fill on one of the curls of one head. Areas of overpainting on some of the porphyry. A section of metal lifting from one shoulder. Repairs to one of the black marble sash elements. The pedestals are "married" and were not made by the same studio as the busts, but they are in good condition. The busts are not attached to the pedestals. The height of the busts alone is 32 1/2 inches.

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