MASTERPIECE - EXTRAORDINARY VENETIAN PAINTED TRUMEAU FROM THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY - ABSOLUTE MUSEUM VALUE

A purchase proposal is possible www.palazzodelbuonsignore.com Tel.: 3275865883 - 3312560700 EXTRAORDINARY VENETIAN PAINTED TRUMEAU FROM THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Exceptional "Trumeau" or chest of drawers with drop-leaf and raised section, in poplar wood and various woods, entirely painted, gilded and lacquered "in the Mecca style." The "drop-leaf" or flap originally functioned as a writing desk. Generally, the raised section contained porcelain and silverware, of particular value and for collection. This piece of furniture, of refined workmanship, belongs, from a formal point of view, to an era, the eighteenth century, of which it will historically be the undisputed protagonist. Here the curvilinear forms, although evident, tend to soften, underlined by the marvelous "faux marble" decoration, made with "mecca" on various shades of gray and enriched by gilded frames and delicately carved friezes with leaves and flowers. Opening the drop-leaf, almost as if wanting to unlock a precious treasure chest, we admire a particular decoration, also in faux marble, in shades from orange to delicately shaded light gray. Gilded frames elegantly complete the whole, adorning the four small drawers of the beautiful piece of furniture. According to tradition, which identified in the most refined and exquisitely crafted trumeaux the presence of "optional extras" designed to amaze, we also find several "secrets" in our furniture, both on the right and left sides, and in the center. In addition, on the two external sides of the chest of drawers, there are, cleverly concealed and removable, two other larger secret doors. The set of central drawers, also removable and called "scarabattolo", and the secrets, gives this masterpiece of high cabinetmaking a "mysterious" aspect, ideally used to hide documents, love letters and exclusive "safe" objects. A truly unique piece of furniture of its kind and certainly the result of a rich private commission, enhanced by the precious gilded central crest and the two finials also gilded à la mecca with auspicious motifs. The feet, typical of the early eighteenth century, are also extremely elegant and finely worked, with frames with sinuous lines underlined by painted friezes. Truly a "regal" piece of furniture, to be considered certainly very rare both for the mastery of the workmanship and for the excellent state of conservation. According to the ancient tradition of trumeaux, this piece of furniture is also one of the most sumptuous wooden artifacts ever to appear in the history of Italian and European cabinetmaking. Venetian models, as is known, are among the most sought after and precious, real "must-haves" and "status symbols" for refined collectors and lovers of beauty. Brief historical notes "Trumeau" is a French term which, in Gothic architecture, indicates the central pillar of a portal, originally designating the wall space between two windows and, from the 18th century onwards, the mirror hung in the corresponding space. From this meaning, the term then goes on to define a very important and absolutely sumptuous piece of furniture, especially famous in the eighteenth century in the Venetian, Milanese, Genoese, Marche and Roman areas. In the same period in France, they will also be made in Paris, to characterize palaces and noble residences. The artifact consists of a chest of drawers with a drop-leaf and an overlying raised section, closed by two doors, with a folding top inside which there are niches, drawers and, as we have seen in our case and only in the most refined models, also secrets of various sizes and types. The very original piece of furniture is therefore formed by two distinct bodies, separated from each other by a drop-leaf, constituting a harmonious union between pieces of furniture initially intended for different functions. It is likely that the eighteenth-century trumeaux, whose mere presence is enough to furnish a room in an elegant and unforgettable way, were born precisely from the two-body cabinets of an earlier era, therefore seventeenth-century, structurally inspired by them to transform into a precious and refined antique object capable of enchanting lovers of antique furniture from all over the world. Italy - Venice: early eighteenth century MASTERPIECE OF VENETIAN MASTER CABINET MAKERS OF ABSOLUTE MUSEUM VALUE Measurements: height cm. 249 depth cm. 59 (with drop-leaf open cm. 80) width cm. 121