A NORTH ITALIAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT COMMODE
VENICE, SECOND-QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Decoration refreshed with traces of an earlier scheme
33 ¼ in. (84 cm.) high, 55 in. (139.7 cm.) wide, 24 ½ in. (62.2 cm.) deep
A NORTH ITALIAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT COMMODE
VENICE, SECOND-QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Decoration refreshed with traces of an earlier scheme
33 ¼ in. (84 cm.) high, 55 in. (139.7 cm.) wide, 24 ½ in. (62.2 cm.) deep
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The painted surface has a later wash over an earlier pale blue painted scheme which is only visible in the areas behind the pulls. Some of the cracquelure from the original surface is visible through this wash but the painted decoration such as the birds/flowers and chinamen are all later.
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