Cornucopia Carlos III, XVIII century. Carved and gilded wood. Measurements: 82.5 x 60 cm (interior light); 123 x 86 cm (frame). The rectangular frame of this cornucopia is completed with a baroque carving that develops into the wide crest, worked with sinuous foliage and scrolls between openwork and scrolls. It should be noted that in 18th-century Spain there was a great evolution from an ordinary piece of furniture around 1700, within a very conservative panorama, to a splendid piece of furniture of great quality and artistic personality at the end of the century. The change took place with Charles III (queen between 1759 and 1788), when he was faced with the need to furnish the new palace. At that time, the level of demand and quality of the furnishings increased considerably. This led to an extraordinary improvement in the second half of the 18th century. Charles III saw the last stage of Rococo furniture, a type of furniture which, unlike in the rest of Europe, took Italy rather than France as its point of reference.