Artistic furniture pieces (Milan, historical models)

Around 1850 the artisan shops in Milan gradually stopped producing late Empire furniture and turned to the manufacture of historical revivals which were largely appreciated by the bourgeoisie across Europe. While the Tuscan carvers preferred the elaborate design of Renaissance taste, the Milanese ebony workers, such a Pogliani, Speluzzi or Brambilla, looked at the monumental models of the 16th century and Baroque cabinets from which they got shapes and ornamental designs, thus starting a typical style that during the second half of the 19th century met the approval of art critics and of the wealthy visitors of the numerous art exhibits.