Walnut Chest of Drawers Italy 18th Century

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Pair of big corner cabinets with rudentate pillars that end with pyramidal truncated feet and with a two-panels door. In the middle of the panels there are medaillons painted with landscapes of buildings and hills in the backbround; the rose windows are hels by pink ribbons and sourmounted by a basket of flowers in the middle. Coeval iron keyholes. Original lacquering.

Furniture characterized by a massive and monolithic body, inspired by Renaissance wall decorations. The original wooden drawers, obtained from a 1960s sideboard, have a diamond shape and are contained by a satin pink metallic ? nish. On the sides there are two niches closed by doors, one flap and the other hinged, which take up the diamond shape.

Furniture characterized by an articulated play of edges, strong asymmetries and misalignments. The storage unit with shapes derived from modern architecture. The three wooden elements in teak from the 1960s have been restored and have different types of openings. The presence of the open compartment in the center of the cabinet generates a strong shadow that dialogues with those of the compartments placed on the inclined sides.