Ancient Trumeau Chinoiserie Style Italy '900 Mirror Flap - Italy, XX Century

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Oil on linoleum, with applications in polystyrene covered with foil. Signed on the back. Accompanied by authentication from the Aldo Mondino Archive. The eclectic Turin artist Aldo Mondino has articulated his artistic research through continuous metamorphoses that have made his production polymorphic: an incessant attempt to find a personal response to the transformations that were taking place in the Seventies, trying to make the history of art coexist with images of mass consumption, personal fantasies, religion, classicism, mysticism, travels to the East, friends and kitsch. His obstinate need to experiment with materials – such as coffee, sweets, sugar, chocolate castings from his beloved Piedmont, marshmallows imported from America, bronze, flowers, strictly blue Bic pens, ceramics and Heraclite carpets – demonstrates his ability to make art, craftsmanship, common life, nature and religion dialogue. All seasoned with the use of irony, to unmask conventions with grace. In the 1980s Aldo Mondino undertook a journey between Morocco and Palestine that left a real mark on him, so much so that it generated the series of works of the Dervishes, dancing subjects painted on linoleum, who practice the ritual dance characteristic of the Turkish tradition by performing fluid and circular movements. The work is presented in a frame.

Italy, Early XX Century

Art Nouveau wardrobe with three doors in cherry and bespectacled mahogany, beveled mirrors, fluted maple uprights supporting a hat with refined carving of leaf motifs. Italy, early 20th century.

173 x 120 In

Keshan carpet in cotton and wool, fine knot, hand made.

England, Early XX Century

Art nouveaubathroom cabinet in mahogany, has a pair of doors surmounted by a door whose linen compartment is also accessible from the upper flap door. Small folding door carved with a monogram and shelf with accommodation for containers and cruets; in the upper part there is a small psyche with a broken mirror.

Europe, Mid XX Century ca.

Bronze sculpture depicting a female face with a crown. Undeciphered signature of the author on the back.

Italy, XX Century

Neoclassical chest of drawers made with parts of an antique piece of furniture, supported by truncated pyramid legs, on the front it has two drawers. Veneered in walnut, it is decorated with rosewood borders and maple fillets; the interiors are in poplar and fir.

Italy, Mid XX Century

Empire style hot air balloon chandelier with one light, Italy, mid 20th century. Gilt bronze structure, glass necklaces and pendants.

Europe, XIX-XX Century

Group of four glasses in cut and finely engraved glass of different manufactures, shapes and colors. Some glasses belong to the Biedermeier period and are of Austrian or German origin.

Europe, XIX-XX Century

Group of four glasses in cut and finely engraved glass of different manufactures, shapes and colors. Some glasses belong to the Biedermeier period and are of Austrian or German origin.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Carved, turned, lacquered and gilded wooden torch holder.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Commonly used ceramic serving dish, decorated with ears of wheat and dragonflies. Manufacturer's mark on the back.

Italy, Early XX Century

Iron support with roots and branches intertwined with leaves. The forging is evident, an ancient iron working technique used by the artist in almost all his works. Under the brand of the manufacturer engraved.