French Early 20th Century Tempera on Canvas Folding Screen with Seascape View

This Italian 18th century Neoclassical period folding screen consists of six panels with antiques etched and engraved copperplates on paper reproducing the frecoes painted by Raffaello Sanzio in the Vatican, known as ' The Vatican Loggia'. Each engraving - boasting a fantastic variety of black and grayscales - is applied to paper and set in frame flanked by a sage green fabric. At the bottom each panel is finished with an ink painted cartouche, completing the screen like a faux paneled boiserie...

This beautiful French late 19th century chest of drawers in black ebonized wood and cherrywood reproduces with perfect proportions in scale a miniature cabinet with three drawers and an upper flap door that opens to reveal a white marble top and an oval mirror inside, nice hand carved band on top with geometrical pattern and molded base. The black lacquered wood creates a wonderful contrast with the beautiful honey-colored wood grain. Despite its convenient size, extremely detailed, this chest of drawers is equipped with a white Carrara marble top and a small mirror that make it even more special and useful. The model of a piece of furniture was originally created by cabinet makers to show their skills to the customer and to present the sample of the furniture which would then have been produced on a larger scale. These commode miniatures, along with other specimens, were displayed in the craftsman's workshop to serve as examples to aid the potential client in making a selection. Some also think that these little chests were used as doll and puppets...

Seven-leaf painted canvas screen depicting a lakeside with a few sailboats on the water, a wooded path animated by characters, a horseman watching over a herd of cows drinking, an op...

Vintage Italian Neo-Classic style four-paneled folding screens painted with an idyllic scene of women on either side of a river playing music, bathing and eating, a tower on a bridge...