FLAP CHEST OF DRAWERS WITH RISER IN LACQUERED WOOD AND ARTE POVERA, SICILY, 18TH CENTURY entirely decorated in arte povera style on a black and red lacquered background with genre scenes and battle on the calatoia, base with three drawers, bulbous feet, cupboard with secret compartment and nine small drawers, riser with two mirrored doors and rich architectural cimasa with pinnacles; defects, falls and missing pictorial decoration, restorations, some parts of the frame to be reattached, minor missing Cm 263X154X73 (riser, depth cm 26) A LACQUERED WOOD AND ARTE POVERA BUREAU CABINET, SICILY, 18TH CENTURY; DEFECTS, LOSSES, RESTORATIONS, SOME PARTS OF THE FRAME TO BE REATTACHED, MINOR LOSSES An example attributable to the same workshop, passed by Sotheby's Paris in the famous auction catalogue, The Collection of Count and Countess Volpi di Misurata, 28 February 2024, lot no. 169 (https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/the-collection-of-count-and-countess-volpi-di-misurata-palazzo-volpi-unveiled/an-italian-polychrome-lacca-povera-bureau-cabinet).