A Pair of Mid-19thC Italian Provincial School Oil on Canvas Still Lifes of Tulips sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage A hugely interesting and important

A hugely interesting and important piece of social history and possibly the only surviving example of its type

The condition of the bank of drawers is very good with the piece having had some restoration to it which includes restored back boards and some replacement handles

and surviving from the mid to late nineteenth century

75”The abstract portrait using colour bleeding to produce the portrait of a lady in a red vest top

They would make a wonderful addition to any hallway

A Pair of Mid-19thC Italian Provincial School Oil on Canvas Still Lifes of Tulips sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage A hugely interesting and importantOrigin: ItalianPeriod: MacchiaioliProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1850Heights: 26. 25Widths: 21Depths: 1. 5Painted in oils on canvas and presented in moulded and gilded matching frames, the pair of provincial nave works, depicting still lifes of spring flowers, being mainly tulips, sat in masked and fluted urns on ledges, with chrysanthemums and other flowers depicted, surviving from mid nineteenth century Italy. The pictures remain in sound overall