PICCOLO CASSETTONE IN LEGNO DIPINTO, SICILIA,... Lot n° 36

entirely decorated with naturalistic ornamentation within mixtilinear reserves worked with relief pastille and gilded, inside still life with fruits and flowers, marbled wood tray top; wear, falls, missing and flaws in pictorial decoration, possible retouches, restorations, a portion of the back replaced, the keys missing H. cm 91, W. cm 82, D. cm 34 The top, 75X37.5 cm A SMALL SICILIAN PAINTED WOOD COMMODE, 18TH CENTURY; WEAR, LOSSES, DEFECTS, RESTORATIONS, SOME PARTS PROBABLY REPAINTED, BACK PART REPLACED, KEYS MISSING Reference bibliography: M. Giarrizzo, A. Rotolo, Mobili e mobilieri nella Sicilia del Settecento, Palermo 1992, pp. 77, 79-81 G. Chiesa, Furniture in Italy. Il Settecento, edited by, Milan 1974, p. 125 E. Colle, Rococo furniture in Italy, Milan 2003, pp. 48-49 M. Giarrizzo, A. Rotolo, Il mobile siciliano, dal Barocco al Liberty, Palermo 2004, pp. 88-89, 91