Antique 19th Century Italian Venetian Rococo Hand Painted Bombe Commode Chest of Drawers 1820 Drawings & Prints born as Barthélémi Felix Victor

born as Barthélémi Felix Victor Emmanuel Villanis

the armoire having a domed top with twin doors below flanked with ribbed pilasters and topped with carved 'Green Man' grotesque masks

the cabinet belonged to a prominent local architect and was acquired from new

the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh

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Antique 19th Century Italian Venetian Rococo Hand Painted Bombe Commode Chest of Drawers 1820 Drawings & Prints born as Barthélémi Felix VictorSOLD A fine antique hand painted Italian Rococo bombe shaped three drawer commode, Venice, circa 1820. This very finely antique Venetian with a golden saffron yellow body & hand painted & gilded commode having a serpentine shaped top, with floral garlands & painted 'basket weave' designs, the bombe shaped body having painted scrolled panels with corresponding decoration. The commode has three drawers with scrolled and scalloped shaped gilded borders,