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Lacca Povera

Yellow Lacca Povera Angel Box
Located in New York, NY
Yellow lacca povera angel box. Late 17th century chest with early 19th century lacca povera
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Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Boxes

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Wood, Paper

Yellow Lacca Povera Angel Box
Yellow Lacca Povera Angel Box
H 9.25 in W 16 in D 9.75 in
18th Century Italian Lacca Povera Valuables Cabinet
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Rare 18th Century Venetian Lacca Povera Valuables Table Top Cabinet - having two long drawers to
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Antique 18th Century Italian Cabinets

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Wood

Italian Lacca Povera Box, Venetian, c1750
Located in valatie, NY
This small Venetian gem has lacca povera decoration which is the Italians version of decoupage. It
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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Rococo Boxes

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Wood, Paper

Pair of Italian Lacca Povera Comodini Side Tables, Early 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exceptional pair of Lacca Povera Venetian style small commodes or chest of drawers. Beautifully
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Antique 19th Century Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

18th Century Northern Italian Lacca Povera Terracotta Vase Lamp
Located in New York, NY
cream ground. "Lacca povera" was the Italian imitation of Chinese lacquer. Mounted on a turned giltwood
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Chinoiserie Table Lamps

Materials

Terracotta

Italian 18th Century Rococo Secretary with Mirrored Doors and Lacca Povera Décor
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An Italian Rococo period lacca povera tall secretary from the 18th century, with bonnet top
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Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Secretaires

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Paper, Mirror, Wood

Italian 18th Century 2-part "Lacca Povera" Painted Enclosed Cabinet
Located in Troy, NY
Unusual and rare “Lacca Povera” Cabinet in two parts, Italian, 18th century (ca. 1730), pine
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Cabinets

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Pine, Poplar

18th C. Italian Lacca Povera Accent Table or Petite Desk w/its Original Finish
Located in Atlanta, GA
antique table from Italy retains its original "Lacca Povera" finish also known as laca povera, arte povera
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Antique 18th Century Italian Tables

Materials

Wood

Italian Rococo Lacca Povera Painted Commode
Located in Essex, MA
Serpentine faux marble top over three conforming drawers. Raised on cabriole legs. Painted with vignettes of country scenes on a yellow ground.
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Antique 1750s Italian Rococo Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Pine

Italian Rococo Lacca Povera Painted Commode
Italian Rococo Lacca Povera Painted Commode
H 37.75 in W 47 in D 23.13 in
Pair of Venetian Lacca Povera and Polychrome Giltwood Mirrors
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Louis XV carved giltwood polychrome mirrors with figural crown and ornate floral motif. First half, 18th century. Height 38.5 in.
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Antique 18th Century Italian Louis XV Wall Mirrors

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Lacquer, Mercury Glass, Giltwood

Green Decalcomania Vase
Located in New York, NY
Green decalcomania vase. Italian lacca povera painted celadon green terracotta vase with neck
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Vases

Materials

Terracotta

Green Decalcomania Vase
Green Decalcomania Vase
H 15.25 in Dm 9 in
Chest of drawers with Arte Povera apllied decor
Located in PARIS, FR
Lacca Povera, emerged in 18th-century Venice as an ingenious alternative to costly lacquerwork. The
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Antique 19th Century European Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Paper

Chest of drawers with Arte Povera apllied decor
Chest of drawers with Arte Povera apllied decor
H 33.27 in W 43.31 in D 22.84 in
Italian Painted and Lacquered Playing Card Box, circa 1900
Located in Stamford, CT
miniature cards lacquered on in the 'lacca povera' style, similar to decoupage. The cards displayed as all
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Early 20th Century Italian Belle Époque Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

18th Century Italian Gaming Board
Located in Greenwich, CT
" in original paint and decoupage, (lacca povera) depicting a game which appears to be a board version
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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Game Boards

Materials

Gesso, Poplar

18th Century Italian Gaming Board
18th Century Italian Gaming Board
H 39.5 in W 21.5 in D 1 in
Pair of Important 19th Century Venetian Cabinets on Stands
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
japanning, or lacca povera as it is known in Italy, is unusual for this period and particularly when only
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Antique 19th Century Cabinets

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Marble

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A Companion Pair of Venetian Lacca Povera Center Tables
Located in San Francisco, CA
; “Lacca povera” originated in Venice in the 1750’s to resemble the lacquered furniture of Japan and China.
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Antique 19th Century Italian Center Tables

Italian lacca povera casket c1860 covered with floral needlework Jewellery Box
Located in Salisbury, GB
A rare Italian lacca povera casket with original needlework cushion lid with gold thread gimp
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Antique 1860s Decorative Boxes

Pair of Late 18th Century Neoclassical Terracotta Monumental Vases
Located in Napoli, IT
Pair of monumental north Italian lacca povera and polychrome-painted terracotta baluster-shaped
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Vases

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Terracotta

Decoupage Slant Front Bureau
Located in New Orleans, LA
A lacca povera, or laquered bureau consisting of a slant top over drawers and doors surrounding a
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks

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Wood

Decoupage Slant Front Bureau
Decoupage Slant Front Bureau
H 41.5 in W 29.75 in D 16.5 in
Italian Neoclassical Guitar Case
Located in Bantam, CT
A fine and unusual lacca povera Northern Italian neoclassic guitar case late 18th century. The
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Antique 1770s Italian Neoclassical More Furniture and Collectibles

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Paper

Italian Neoclassical Guitar Case
Italian Neoclassical Guitar Case
H 35 in W 11.75 in D 5 in
A finely painted pair of Louis XVI Venetian armchairs
Located in New York, NY
: Ferrari, Elisabetta Barbolini. Mobili Dipinti: Tempera, Lacca ed Arte povera nelle botteghe italiane dal
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Armchairs

Materials

Giltwood

End of 17th Century Painted Tuscany Wardrobe
Located in Rome, IT
outstanding piece is published in "Mobili Dipinti" Tempera, Lacca ed Arte Povera nelle botteghe Italiane dal
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Antique Late 17th Century Italian Other Cabinets

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Lacquer, Wood

End of 17th Century Painted Tuscany Wardrobe
End of 17th Century Painted Tuscany Wardrobe
H 94.49 in W 85.04 in D 22.05 in
18th Century Italian Lacca Povera Commode Top
Located in Greenwich, CT
Beautiful 18th Century Italian lacca povera serpentine fronted commode or console top profusely
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Decorative Art

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Wood, Fabric, Paint

Early 19th century Italian "Lacca Povera" Commode
Located in Doylestown, PA
A nice example of Italian "Lacca Povera" (or poor-man's lacquer) decoration on an early 19th
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Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Pine

18th Century Italian Chest with Lacca Povera Decoration
Located in Dallas, TX
a painted and gilded two drawer chest with pale green, red trim and gold chinoiserie lacca povera
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Paint

Venetian 18th Century Lacca Povera Louis XV Side Table
Located in New York, NY
Venetian wood lacca povera three-drawer table, embellished with parrot surrounded within beautiful
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Antique 18th Century Italian Louis XV Side Tables

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Lacquer

Pair 18th Century Style Venetian Painted Lacca Povera Bedside Commodes
Located in Stamford, CT
Charming pair of 19th century Italian painted and Lacca Povera small scale two drawer commodes in
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Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Night Stands

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Wood

Pair of Italian 19th Century Lacca Povera Side Tables
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Lovely pair of Italian early 19th century lamp tables with original hand- painted and Lacca Povera
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Side Tables

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Wood, Paint

Venetian Lacca Povera Desk Secretary circa 1730
Located in CA, CA
decoration which is executed in a decoupage technique known as lacca povera or lacca contrafatta. A similar
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Antique 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Rare Italian Mid-18th Century Lacca Povera Desk or Bureau
Located in Berlin, DE
A rare mid-18th century Lacca Povera desk or bureau, profusely decorated with decoupage vignettes
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Antique 1740s French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Venetian lacca povera commode
Located in Nashville, TN
An Italian / Venetian commode in gold lacca. The front,sides and top with floral cartouche
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Antique 19th Century Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood, Paint

Venetian lacca povera commode
Venetian lacca povera commode
H 31.5 in W 41 in D 18.5 in
Italian Rococo Lacca Povera Commode
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular shaped commode with applied paper cut-outs. Painted cream and red. Faux marble top and bronze mounts on feet.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Italian Rococo Lacca Povera Painted Commode
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular faux marble top over three drawers with floral decoration and cut paper birds, cast bronze handles, raised on cabriole legs.
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Antique Mid-18th Century Rococo Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Other

Italian Miniature Painted Chest
Located in valatie, NY
stepped with finials. On the sides appear lacca povera scenes of a country setting with dogs, a maiden and
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Antique 19th Century Italian Models and Miniatures

Italian Miniature Painted Chest
Italian Miniature Painted Chest
H 8.5 in W 8 in D 5 in
Bombé Commode, Possibly, Italy, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
sconces, in many examples of "lacca povera" the lower edge presents "cuts"). The use of simple marquetry
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Antique 18th Century European Rococo Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Metal

Bombé Commode, Possibly, Italy, 18th Century
Bombé Commode, Possibly, Italy, 18th Century
H 32.29 in W 53.15 in D 24.41 in
Venetian Rococo Revival Lacca Povera Commode
Located in Astoria, NY
Venetian rococo revival 'lacca povera' commode, with painted floral panels, two shelf interior
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Antique 19th Century Rococo Revival Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Large Rare Lacca Povera Chinoiserie Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
Large rare lacca povera chinoiserie jewelry box with three drawers and decorations on all sides
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Chinoiserie Jewelry Boxes

Italian Lacca Povera Study
Located in New York, NY
Decalcomania country scene lacquered on wood panel in gold painted frame. Italy, 19th century. Dimension:14.5 " W x 10.5" H x 1.25" Deep; sight 11.25" W x 7.25" H
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Antique 19th Century Italian Decorative Art

Italian Lacca Povera Study
Italian Lacca Povera Study
H 10.5 in W 14.5 in D 1.25 in
An 18th Century Italian Dome Box
Located in CH
An 18th Century Italian Venetian Pale green Lacquered “Lacca Povera” Dome Box.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Rococo Boxes

An 18th Century Italian Dome Box
An 18th Century Italian Dome Box
H 11 in W 22 in D 13.25 in
Installment 1: Pair of Decorated Parcel Gilt Venetian Consoles
Located in Queens, NY
are green, red, yellow, and gilt painted and feature lacca povera decoration on their serpentine tops
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20th Century Italian Rococo Console Tables

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Gold Leaf

Pair of Decorated Parcel Gilt Venetian Consoles
Located in Queens, NY
are green, red, yellow, and gilt painted and feature lacca povera decoration on their serpentine tops
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20th Century Italian Rococo Console Tables

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Gold Leaf

Antique Venetian Painted Commode Chest Early 20th Century
Located in London, GB
. It has been superbly hand painted with floral reserves and gilded highlights in the Lacca Povera
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Early 20th Century Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Antique Venetian Rococo Style Polychrome Painted and Parcel Gilt Wall Mirror
Located in Morristown, NJ
often lacquered or lacca povera, furniture and objects. This mirror is a lovely example having acquired
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Antique 1870s Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors

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Giltwood, Wood, Mirror

18th Century Italian Terracotta Chinoiserie Vase, circa 1770
Located in Milano, IT
Terracotta vase with lid decorated with “chinoiserie” subjects "a lacca povera" on a green
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Antique 1770s Italian Chinoiserie Vases

Materials

Terracotta, Paper

Important 19th Century Pair of Lacca Povera Venetian Tables
Located in Larkspur, CA
Early 19th century pair of Lacca Povera pair of Venetian tables with cartouche shaped gilded tops
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20th Century Italian End Tables

Lacca Povera Secretary
Located in San Francisco, CA
A. 19th Century Italian lacca povera secretary. Great small scale!
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Antique 19th Century Italian Secretaires

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Wood, Paint, Glass

Lacca Povera Secretary
Lacca Povera Secretary
H 63.5 in W 17.5 in D 13 in
Lacca Povera Side Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
An 18th Century Persimmon Lacca Povera Center Table
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Center Tables

Lacca Povera Side Table
Lacca Povera Side Table
H 30.25 in Dm 42.5 in
Exceptional Lacca Povera Armiore
Located in Natchez, MS
Exceptional Lacca Povera Armiore from Venice in the mid 18th c. Fantastic Decoration and Shape.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Wardrobes and Armoires

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Wood, Paper

Exceptional Lacca Povera Armiore
Exceptional Lacca Povera Armiore
H 86 in W 60 in D 22 in
Italian Red Ground Lacca Povera Box, circa 1780
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Italian red ground Lacca Povera Box, circa 1780
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Antique 1780s Italian Chinoiserie Decorative Boxes

A Pair of Italian "Lacca Povera" Flower Panels
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Italian, Venetian, "Lacca Povera" Panels, Dipicting Vases of Flowers, Birds and Insects
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Decorative Art

A Pair of Italian Lacca Povera Decorative Panels
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Lacca Povera Panels with Ladies and Gentlemen, Animals and Birds in the Landscape
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Antique 19th Century Paintings

18th Century Pair of Italian Baroque Lacca Povera Armchairs
Located in Corona Del Mar, CA
Important pair of very rare Italian Baroque Lacca Povera Armchairs. Each with rectangular padded
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Armchairs

Lacca Povera Server
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fantastic and rare Italian Empire Period two drawer server decorated in black lacquer with gilt accents. The surface is decorated with decoupage cut out engravings. This techniqu...
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Antique 19th Century Italian Carts and Bar Carts

Materials

Wood

Lacca Povera Server
Lacca Povera Server
H 36 in W 38.5 in D 18 in
Early 20th Century Italian Lacca Povera Commode
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
An early 20th century Italian two-drawer painted commode elaborately decorated with decopaged Venetian scenes throughout.
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Vintage 1910s Italian Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Pair of Italian Commodini
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of 18th Century Italian Commodini with blocked corners,lacca povera.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Pair of Italian Commodini
Pair of Italian Commodini
H 31 in W 25 in D 15.5 in
Italian corner cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
An Italian lacca povera corner cabinet depicting an amusing court scene.
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Antique 19th Century Italian Corner Cupboards

Italian corner cabinet
Italian corner cabinet
H 52 in W 22 in D 14.5 in
18th c. Tuscan Credenza
Located in Summerland, CA
A tall two-door credenza cabinet painted in "Lacca Povera" floral motif in the 19th c.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Cupboards

Materials

Pine

18th c. Tuscan Credenza
18th c. Tuscan Credenza
H 56.5 in W 60 in D 18 in

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Antique 19th Century Italian Hand Painted Pine Armoire, C.1850
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique mid-19th Century Italian beautiful and rustic painted pine armoire, decorated with a decorative pattern in white and grey, has its original lock and key. CONDITION In Good C...
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Antique 19th Century Italian Wardrobes and Armoires

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Pine

Pair of Louis XVI Style Carved and Laqué Gilded Bergère Settees or Loveseats
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of Louis XVI style carved and Laqué gilded bergère settees. The elegant pair of carved loveseats, upholstered in a blue velvet, with padded backs and sides and a cushion seat,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Louis XVI Loveseats

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Wood

Early 19th C. Italian Raised Side Chest w/ Door & Original Decorative Paint
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian raised side chest with single door and original paint from the early 19th century. This antique painted wood cabinet from France features a shapely-edged top which rests a...
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Antique 19th Century Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

18th Century Style Italian Walnut Comodini
Located in San Francisco, CA
Handsome small Italian three-drawer walnut commode, probably made in the late 19th-early 20th century. Consisting of period and later construction.
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

18th Century Style Italian Walnut Comodini
18th Century Style Italian Walnut Comodini
H 27.5 in W 25 in D 13.75 in
Late 19th C. Venetian Chest Painted in Chinoiserie Stye of Blue & Yellow Ochres
Located in London, Park Royal
A late 19th century, Venetian chest of drawers with a curvaceous bombe style shape that plays with the light at all angles. The hand painted finish is in the Chinoiserie style featur...
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Antique 1890s Italian Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy

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Other

Amalfi Coast Lemons in Blue Faux Stone Vases
Located in New York, NY
Amalfi Coast lemons in blue faux stone vases. Vintage Bundles of very real looking and vibrant faux lemons mixed with pine cone faux artichokes. Superb presentation of la dolce vita ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Urns

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Paint

Italian Rococo Painted Comodini
Located in Essex, MA
With rectangular faux marble top over a door with enclosed shelf, raised on cabriole legs. Original painted decoration.
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Antique 1770s Italian Rococo Side Tables

Materials

Pine

Italian Rococo Painted Comodini
Italian Rococo Painted Comodini
H 31.25 in W 20 in D 15.75 in
18th Century Arte Povera Venetian Chalk Box
Located in Brecht, BE
Another beauty, made in Venice, these precious arte povera chalk boxes were made for the lucky few, can be yours now.
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Paper

18th Century Venetian Arte Povera Jewelry Box
Located in Brecht, BE
This is a true collectors item, arte povera at its best, jewelry box made in the 18th century in Venice, Italy.
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Wood

Paris Porcelain Gilt Banded Hunting Service
Located in New York, NY
Paris porcelain gilt banded hunting service. Set of sixteen complementary serving dishes with hunt paintings attributed to Jacques Francois Joseph Swebach-Desfontaines, a painter for...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

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Lacca Povera For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the lacca povera you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A lacca povera — often made from wood, paper and lacquer — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the lacca povera you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A lacca povera made by Rococo designers — as well as those associated with Louis XV — is very popular.

How Much is a Lacca Povera?

A lacca povera can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $9,500, while the lowest priced sells for $300 and the highest can go for as much as $36,000.