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This cabinet comes from central Italy and dates back to the late 18th century.
It is made of soft fir wood and decorated using the "lacca povera" technique – a humble yet expressive finish applied with brush, cloth, and earth pigments, designed to elevate modest materials through faux, imperfect grain patterns reminiscent of fine woods and marbles.
Two framed panel doors and a large lower drawer define the cabinet’s practical soul: a piece built to store clothing, linens, and fabrics.
The shape is restrained, with lightly shaped feet and a gently overhanging cornice – no ornamentation, but everything speaks of proportion and quiet dignity.
It’s not an aristocratic piece, but a domestic one – the product of rural craftsmanship, likely made for the bedroom of a sharecropper’s home or a servant’s room in a small bourgeois residence.
And yet that’s precisely what makes it striking today: it’s authentic, straightforward, unpretentious – and still intact in its quiet charm.
This object reminds us how widespread the desire for beauty once was, even in the simplest settings – where means were limited, but taste was not.
The cabinet is in excellent condition: well restored, solid, clean, carefully disinfested, and fully ready to be used again – without hesitation.
It’s not just an aesthetic choice, but an act of coherence: because to restore is to preserve value, to avoid waste, and to choose a lasting kind of quality.
- Material: Flecked fir with rustic lacquer finish
- Size: Cm 115 x 65 x 186 h., prof. utile interna netta 56
- Condition: Restored
- Period: Ultimo quarto del '700
- Style: Louis XVI
- State: Optimal conditions
