Invisible Cities Copper Cabinet

View Similar Items

Edwardian Mahogany Corner Cabinet

Pair of Painted Corner Cabinets

19th-C. French Corner Cabinet

Enigma Cabinet by Warm Nordic

Antique Hand Carved Corner Cabinet 1711

18th Century, Chinoiserie Corner Cabinets

English Poker Work Corner Display Cabinet

18th Century Italian Painted Corner Cabinet

Corner Biedermeier Cabinet from 1928, Northern Europe

French Louis XVI Style Walnut Corner Cabinet

18th century Italian Painted Corner Cabinet

Pair of French Louis XV Corner Cabinets

About the Item

“Even the cities believe they are the work of the mind or of chance, but neither one nor the other is enough to hold up their walls. You don't enjoy the seven or seventy-seven wonders of a city, but the answer it gives to your question. " I loved Italo Calvino's “The Invisible Cities” very much. This book contains the idea that guides much of my work: there is a place of the soul where a model of space is jealously preserved, even an aesthetic one, an ideal yardstick, the Invisible City, the inner city that we keep inside. , where the ideal models with which we compare the places and elements we encounter on the path of our existence are elaborated and built. This is why some places and some spaces often seem familiar or beautiful to us, without reason, perhaps only because they respond to the aesthetic and functional canons idealized in that model, our invisible city. This is why I used to describe this thought the gold leaf to cover the external surfaces, using the artisan techniques of gilding. Above all, it wants to be an optimistic way of looking at the interiority of man. Inside the house I left the raw material, sincere, without sophistication, a fir usually used for practical constructions. Everything is supported by a natural branch, collected in the woods in front of the house, on the hills of Franciacorta, an area of ??wine culture and with a silent, sweet, sometimes severe nature. Anyone who knows my work knows that it is often aimed at investigating human feelings and passions, but also and above all the places of the soul where these feelings are created. The materials I used are a natural ash branch, fir plywood, gold leaf. The Invisible Cities are completely handcrafted by me, by hand, starting from the raw materials, up to the gilding that I do personally. I learned the technique many years ago, at the Bovolone art furniture school, where extraordinary artists taught above all the passion for beauty and then the ancient craft techniques of building and decorating art furniture.

Creator:
Umberto Dattola (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 71.66 in (182 cm)Width: 45.28 in (115 cm)Depth: 19.69 in (50 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Nutwood,Enameled,Hand-Crafted
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
21st Century
Date of Manufacture:
2021
Production Type:
New & Custom(Re-Edition)
Estimated Production Time:
Available Now
Condition:
Seller Location:
Grasse, FR
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU6328228125862

Antique Mid-19th Century English Edwardian Cabinets

Materials

Mahogany

Edwardian Mahogany Corner Cabinet

$5,500

Pair of Painted Corner Cabinets

By Petersen Antiques

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Mid-19th century style pair of reproduction corner cabinets with two doors and a drawer. These pained cabinets were made from pieces of antique pine furniture...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Latvian Country Cabinets

Materials

Pine

Pair of Painted Corner Cabinets

$8,500 / set

19th-C. French Corner Cabinet

Located in Ballard, CA

A single door painted French corner cabinet in the Louis XVI style. Made out of pine wood painted with light gray/blue and cream accents. Feature...

Category

Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Corner Cupboards

Materials

Iron

19th-C. French Corner Cabinet

$3,120 Sale Price

20% Off

Enigma Cabinet by Warm Nordic

Located in Geneve, CH

Enigma cabinet by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D 49 x W 49 x H 180 cm Material: Powder coated steel cabinet, Tempered glass Weight: 80 kg An elegant gl...

Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Cabinets

Materials

Steel

Enigma Cabinet by Warm Nordic

$4,669 / item

Antique Hand Carved Corner Cabinet 1711

Located in Lucenec, SK

This charming hand carved German corner cabinet still maintains its original faux wood-grain finish. This is being sold in original condition with original key.

Category

Antique Early 18th Century German Baroque Corner Cupboards

Materials

Pine

Antique Hand Carved Corner Cabinet 1711

$2,524 Sale Price

26% Off

18th Century, Chinoiserie Corner Cabinets

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A pair of elegant, ebonized, lacquered, hand painted and parcel gilt, Chinoiserie decorated corner cabinets. Doors featuring two panels painted with unique scenes and embellished wit...

Category

Antique 1760s Italian Cabinets

Materials

Wood

18th Century, Chinoiserie Corner Cabinets

$27,500 Sale Price / set

50% Off