The painting  depicts a scene set in a luxurious eighteenth-century interior whose protagonists are the lady intent on choosing her pearls, perhaps in anticipation of the social evening that awaits her and the two valets, busy plundering the jewelry boxes in search of the perfect jewel. The work stands out for the refinement in the rendering of the period interiors, particularly the frescoes on the walls, entirely decorated with paintings and the tapered-shaped furnishings typical of the Louis XVI style.The canvas is the work of Giuseppe Ballesio. His The game of chess (private collection) or Geogrephy lesson , bringing back to the environment of the eighteenth-century aristocracy of the European courts, within the setting of sumptuous palaces, surrounded by luxuriant furnishings and portrayed in contexts of everyday life.