Whitewashed Provençal cupboard with double leaf door and 2 drawers

Whitewashed antiqued Provençal hall or bedroom cupboard with double leaf door and 2 drawers. The majestic structure and elegance date back to the second half of 18th century French furniture crafting. The cupboard is hand-made, 100% Made in Italy.

Model Description

Model Structure

The structure of the whitewashed Provençal hall or bedroom cupboard with double leaf door and 2 drawers is detachable for convenience in trasportation and assembly. The cupboard has huge central double leaf door and within 2 compartments and some adjustable shelves wuth a rack and clothes hanger, and 2 big drawers under the double leaf door. The furniture is supported by 4 legs shaped in provençal style. The prominent upper cornice makes the whole structure slim and refined.

Raw Material

The outside of the whitewashed Provençal cupboard with double leaf door and 2 drawers is made of precious walnut wood, whereas the interior part is made of solid spruce wood. Drawers handlers, keys and keyhole covers are reproduced from the original by bronze poured in casting moulds with the “lost wax” technique and polished with a soft cloth.

Manufacture

The shutters are mounted with a framework and assembled with mortise and tenon (a typical building technique in the 18th century) and an interlock panel made of walnut wood. The sides in walnut wood are put together with a slot-in joint system in order to preserve the furniture’s maximum stability. The upper cornice is milled from solid walnut wood, as well as the 4 supporting legs shaped by hand. The importance and originality of this whitewashed Provençal cupboard with double leaf door and 2 drawers are its finishings. The dark-coloured precious walnut wood is processed with natural products and subsequently whitewashed to give the furniture the grey colour, whereas the old-fashioned is obtained with hand.made ageing, with nicked wood consumed by stone, established by water-based natural lacquers and protected by French beeswax in yellow colour. This type of finishing is excellent both in classic and modern furnishing. The cupboard is completely hand-made and hand-polished in our art laboratory Vangelista Mobili 1960 Made in Italy.

Size of the model in the picture

Available in size 216x66x230h, the building and finishing of the cupboard are completely hand-made and the furniture is customizable for dimension, type of wood and finishing according to the customer’s need.

Model History

Century of use

The whitewashed Provençal hall or bedroom cupboard with double leaf door and 2 drawers is a faithful reproduction of the original, which dates back to the second half of the 18th century, soouth of France. The big size of the double leaf door is typical French furniture crafting of the period.

Historical notes and mobile curiosities

We have recovered the original whitewashed Provençal hall or bedroom cupboard with double leaf door and 2 drawers in the last decades and we have reproduced the same technical design, shapes and details. For a faithful reproduction we have reproduced the same shaping of the upper cornice and shutters, thanks to apposite milling machines with the same moulding. Vangelista Mobili 1960 keeps looking for original luxury furniture with refined and elegant lines, made by excellent craftsmen, in order to satisfy a sophisticated clientele who demands high-quality craftsmanship furniture rigorously 100% Made in Italy.