Painted Chest Of Drawers Italy XVIII Genoa

Elegant Louis XV period painted chest of drawers from the 18th century in lacquered wood with flower and foliage decoration on a blue background, opening with two drawers on the front, it rests on curved feet, the top in a scalloped shape and the curved sides, Very pretty original decoration, with some wear in places on the latter, rare to find this kind of furniture with its decoration present!! Rustic frame in fir, when we think of Italian painted furniture in the 18th century, we think especially of VENICE, but there was in Genoa, at that time a local production with bright and cheerful colors, the backgrounds are plain in pale color (ivory, green, yellow or blue as on our chest of drawers) and have monochrome naturalist decorations or a bright polychromy, the flowers in bouquets or isolated are embellished with interlacing and scrolls Italian work from the 17th century Genoa