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This lacquer commode with its bombé shape is representative of the Venetian production of the second half of the 18th Century, with its neo-classical ribbon-tied medallions which contrast with the exaggerated rococo shape produced earlier in the century.
Lacquer wares in Venice as well as in Genoa differed from other European centers producing lacquer furniture which were strictly imitating oriental and chinoiserie lacquer. In Italy, the depentori decorated their lacquer with their own adaptation, often leaving little oriental influence to their production. From the 17th Century, with the increasing trade, the taste for orient was reflected in the local production manufacturing all types of ware. This fashion soon reached all the continent, as well as the Venetian aristocrats who furnished entire rooms of their Palazzo's in the new trend.
With its apogee in the 18th Century, the best examples still visible today are probably the rooms of the Palazzo Ca' Rezzonico, Venice. Some rooms have been entirely furnished with chinoiserie decorated furniture, while other rooms displayed furniture stylistically closer to the commode here offered, with floral painted lacquer and gilt scroll decoration. See G. Mariacher Ca' Rezzonico, milan, 1967, n.165-168 and 196.
A similar commode is illustrated in G. Morazzoni, Il Mobile Veneziano del '700, Milan, 1958, pl. CDXXIX, ill. a
Lacquer wares in Venice as well as in Genoa differed from other European centers producing lacquer furniture which were strictly imitating oriental and chinoiserie lacquer. In Italy, the depentori decorated their lacquer with their own adaptation, often leaving little oriental influence to their production. From the 17th Century, with the increasing trade, the taste for orient was reflected in the local production manufacturing all types of ware. This fashion soon reached all the continent, as well as the Venetian aristocrats who furnished entire rooms of their Palazzo's in the new trend.
With its apogee in the 18th Century, the best examples still visible today are probably the rooms of the Palazzo Ca' Rezzonico, Venice. Some rooms have been entirely furnished with chinoiserie decorated furniture, while other rooms displayed furniture stylistically closer to the commode here offered, with floral painted lacquer and gilt scroll decoration. See G. Mariacher Ca' Rezzonico, milan, 1967, n.165-168 and 196.
A similar commode is illustrated in G. Morazzoni, Il Mobile Veneziano del '700, Milan, 1958, pl. CDXXIX, ill. a