GIUSEPPE MAGGIOLINI AND WORKSHOP, PAIR OF VENEERED CHESTS OF DRAWERS IN VARIOUS WOODS, LOMBARDY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY (Parabiago, 1738 - 1814) top in recessed bardiglio marble, recessed door with two internal drawers and one in the groove under the top, decoration with inlaid wood, also dyed, depicting compositions with vases and baskets with flowers, fluted truncated legs flaws, scratches and yellowing in the varnish, cracks and missing veneer, restorations, the opening and sliding system of the cupboard to be overhauled, slight boarding in the cupboard doors some cracks in the sides and drawers, one key broken and missing from the socket, one lock replaced Letters and inventory numbers in the backs and tops Cm 93X120X56.5 The top, 117X55.5X2.5 cm A PAIR OF VARIOUS WOOD COMMODE, BY GIUSEPPE MAGGIOLINI AND WORKSHOP, LOMBARDIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY; DEFECTS AND SCRATCHES, YELLOWING, DAMAGES AND LOSSES, THE OPENING AND SLIDING MECHANISM OF THE DROP-DOWN DOOR NEEDS TO BE OVERHAULED; SLIGHT WARPING IN THE Provenance: Formerly Milan, Olivares antiquities collection Milan, private collection Between the seventh/eighth decade of the 18th century and around the middle of the following century, the activity of the well-known marquetry maker was characterised by the production of furniture in the 'new Manner' (G. Beretti, Giuseppe e Carlo Francesco Maggiolini. L'officina del Neoclassicismo, Milan 1994, p. 57 ff.), who was strongly involved with his 'workshop' in Parabiago at the service of many of the most prominent families of the Milanese political and aristocratic scene, and not only. In this regard, how can we fail to mention, among other noble commissions, the two chests of drawers dated 1777 for Count Greppi (a well-known Milanese banker) today preserved in Milan, one in the Civiche Raccolte d'Arte (inv. Furniture 344, E. Colle, Museo d'Arti Applicate. Mobili e intagli lignei, Milan 1996, pp. 90-92, no. 93) and the other in a private collection (G. Beretti, Giuseppe e Carlo Francesco Maggiolini. L'officina del Neoclassicismo, Milan 1994, pp. 62-67 and G. Beretti, Il mobile dei Lumi. Milano nell'età di Giuseppe Maggiolini, Vol. I (1758 ; 1778), Milan 2010, pp. 414-416), among the absolute masterpieces in the panorama of European Neoclassicism. It is from these models that ours also derive, with a well-established construction scheme, with an under-shelf groove concealing a drawer and a front door that once opened disappears to reveal two drawers in pure walnut; they differ from the former, however, in the simplified ornamentation that leaves the surfaces free of complex intricacies, a characteristic shared by part of the Maggiolini workshop's production in the Napoleonic era and beyond. Some valuable works for Francesco Melzi d'Eril (former vice-president of the Italian Republic and, from 1807, duke of Lodi) date back to the early 19th century, such as the refined toilette of 1802, now in Monza in a private collection (Beretti 1994, pp. 166-171). The latter and other furnishings are also part of a recognisable corpus thanks to some sheets belonging to the rich maggioliniano fund now in the collections of the Gabinetto dei Disegni (Drawings Cabinet) at Castello Sforzesco, including those in the lot presented here (as well as the bedside tables in the next lot, n. 406), of which we transcribe the salient data For the front doors (one bears the signature Maggiolini Parabiago) see in, G. Beretti, A. González-Palacios, Giuseppe Maggiolini. Catalogo ragionato di disegni (Milan 2014, pp. 317-318, C311) Idea for the façade of a dresser 1801 Pencil, pen and sepia watercolour on white paper. mm. 272x423 Inscriptions: top right in pen 'Fac.te ai due Comò Ferrara Stanza / N°2 8b.e 1081 con bordura al / intorno' Reference bibliography: G. Morazzoni, 1953, op. cit., ad vocem C. Alberici, 1996, op. cit., p. 172 ff. G. Beretti, 1994, op. cit., ad vocem G. Beretti, A. González-Palacios, 2014, op. cit., ad vocem