Lower Austria, late 1700s or early 1800s, charming and rare painted cupboard in practically intact condition
Description:
Lower Austria, late 1700s or early 1800s, charming and rare painted cupboard in practically intact condition, including the paintwork and hardware, finely painted with delicate floral motifs on a green background. Practical, rare, and cheerful piece of furniture of popular origin. Austrian painted furniture in excellent condition of pictorial preservation is very rare and now mostly kept in museums or prestigious private collections. Restored to perfection and consolidated with a shellac finish applied with a pad to practical pictorial integrity, for conservation purposes. Also excellent for juxtaposition with modern furnishings in a context of cheerful elegance. Measures cm. 108 wide x 40 deep x 177 high.