Estimate

12.000 - 15.000

Session 1

26 October 2026

Description

Painted and partially gilt wood, with polychrome lacca povera decoration depicting courtship, pastoral and hunting scenes within scalloped reserves, bordered by gilt fillets, on a red ground with small scattered compositions depicting figures, architecture, birds and insects
Upper section with scalloped profile to the top, surmounted by three turned finials, with two doors revealing an interior with five superimposed drawers and an upper drawer of scalloped profile, each decorated with an animated landscape
Stand with scalloped apron and gilt scrollwork decoration, on tall slightly cabriole legs ending in shoe feet
Yellow metal mounts and drop handles
Northern Italy, possibly of Venetian production, 18th century
(minor losses and defects)

138x49x26 cm

Additional Information

The lacca povera technique developed as a means of imitating Oriental lacquers and Venetian lacquered decoration, spreading above all throughout the Venetian territories during the 18th century, although it was also used in other regions of Northern Italy. It consisted of applying cut-out engravings to a painted surface, subsequently coloured and coated with a sandarac-based varnish. Among the principal suppliers of these elements was the Remondini house of Bassano, which produced sheets with figures, landscapes and ornamental motifs intended for this type of decoration.

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