Set Early 20th Century Neapolitan Bent Beech Thonet Chairs Sautto&Liberale

Set of six Thonet chairs from the early 1900s by Sautto & Liberale, in mahogany-coloured bent beech. The chairs have been polished maintaining the original patina. In excellent condition, as shown in the photo. Naples is a capital of the Italian version of Thonet style with a beautiful story to tell. Sautto e Liberale is the most important company. It was born from the experience of Francesco Liberale and the capital of Carmine Sautto, the company whose chairs they are. They are marked by a lion with paws, (and in fact its products are also advertised as "Leone chairs") was born in the late 1930s. Many of the Thonet style pieces produced by Sautto & Liberale are renowned and very famous. There are three companies in the city of Naples famous for bent wood: Arx, Sautto and Liberale and Wiener.