Italian beauties

  One of my preferred pieces of furniture is an Italian cassapanca. I love the decorative painted ones! Most of the benches are large sized and the seat is used as a chest, a storage seat. They are highly decorated and were generally placed by pair in a hall. Lars Bolander source   Garnier Antiques source  Photo credit Fotografie Claude Smekens    Even if the cassapanca is not painted, it remains