Pair of Neapolitan Baroque chest of drawers, third quarter of the 18th century

Pair of Neapolitan Rococo chests of drawers. Completely curved in shape, i.e. made with a vertical and horizontal movement, they are made with the internal hull in poplar and then veneered in four-part Bois de violette enriched with borders in contrasting grain, reserves on the drawers and a multilobed rosette on the sides. The whole thing is played by contrasting the marked grain of the same wood, even the pronounced edges of the uprights and the edge of the drawers are made of head-worked bois de violette. The top has a raised insert at the bottom to a wall panelling to which the tops rest, made of veneered marble in a rare flowered alabaster with borders in red Verona marble. According to the construction canons of the highest Neapolitan cabinet making, the drawers and the top are separated by a poplar diaphragm to limit access to dust. The feet are covered with bronze shoes that have lost their gilding. These applications, like the curved shape of the furniture, are very similar to the pair of chests of drawers published by Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios, the only difference (in addition to the inlaid decoration) being the apron of the front which lowers with a double movement on the front and with an asymmetrical movement in the sides. Transport label on the back while under one of the tops there is a paper label with wax seal marked "C Napoli - 47 - Pignatelli". The furniture clearly comes from a luxurious context extrapolated from a boiserie that had to cover the entire environment in which they were inserted; probably a study room given the unusual and rare dimensions of the two pieces of furniture. The furniture of this era, if made for important commissions, always has a choice of precious marbles as can be seen on the specimens preserved in the Duca di Martina Museum in Villa Floridiana in Naples. Restorations and small missing parts. Product condition: Product which, due to its age and wear, may require restoration and polishing. We try to present the real state of the furniture in the most complete way possible with the photos. If some details are not clear from the photos, the description applies. Dimensions (cm): Height: 82 Width: 101 Depth: 53 ANMOCA0235034