Charming Hand-Painted Italian Serpentine Chest w/ Urn Floral Design, 19th C.

An Italian smaller-sized serpentine chest of drawers, with hand-painted floral embellishments, from the 19th century. This antique commode from Italy...

A Central European chest, with its original decorative paint, from the 19th century. This antique chest of drawers from Europe is beautifully adorned in its original hand-painted art...

A very elaborately hand-painted mid 18th century circa. 1750 three drawers Italian chest. The chest has wonderfully painted landscape scenes on both sides and top bordered by gilt sc...

Late 19th Century Venetian Polychromed Chest/Commode with Marbleized Cartouche Top Measurements: Overall: 31.5" W × 15.5" D × 32" H Fitted with three center drawers, each approx. 17" W × 5" H A charming late 19th-century Venetian polychromed chest of drawers, richly decorated in the Rococo revival taste. The serpentine-fronted commode is topped with a faux-marble painted surface in warm terracotta tones, bordered with a gilt cartouche outline. The bombe-form case is painted in soft sage green with reserves of ochre and gilt scrollwork enclosing floral bouquets of roses, tulips, and garden blooms rendered in delicate polychromy. The three graduated drawers are fitted with cast brass rococo handles, their sinuous foliate forms complementing the painted ornament. The chest is raised on cabriole legs with gilt accents and painted floral sprays at the knees, terminating in scrolled feet. Techniques Polychrome decoration: multi-layered hand-painted surfaces typical of Venetian painted furniture...