Group of four Music Chairs Vintage Italy

Code :  ANTSED0000776

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Group of four Music Chairs Vintage Italy

Code :  ANTSED0000776

not available

Group of four Music Chairs Vintage Italy

Features

Style:  Empire (1804-1815)

Age:  19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Year:  Inizi '800

Origin:  Toscana, Italy

Main essence:  Walnut

Material:  Solid Cherry , Solid Walnut

Description

A group of four early 19th Century Empire walnut and cherry music chairs with central baluster. Three turned legs ending in a tip. Round padded seats and padded open backrests. Imprinted and gilded leather seat and backrest with Napoleonic coat of arms depicting the crowned eagle. Part of the leather was substituted in the late 19th Century, reproducing the coat of arms. One of them is original. Manufactured in Tuscany, Italy.

Product Condition:
Good condition. Wear consistent with age and use. Any damage or loss is displayed as completely as possible in the pictures.

Dimensions (cm):
Height: 87
Width: 42
Depth: 45

Seat height:  49

Additional Information

Notes historical bibliographic

This group of chairs from music, from a Tuscan villa, is a rarity in the modern and unusual design made clear from a local production following the canons of the first Empire. However, the presence of particular interest, not only to arouse aesthetic Napoleonic but also historical, these furnishings. The Eagle with the Imperial Crown, resting on the lightning quiver was the emblem chosen by the Emperor and King of Italy. This clearly leads us to hypothesize that the chairs were manufactured in Tuscany for one of its dwellings or of a family member; in fact, the Napoleonic Heraldry did not allow others to use its logo. Also the care with which the symbol is done playing in leathers replaced tells us how the next owner was aware of the historical importance and documentation that the symbol was.

Style: Empire (1804-1815)

Decorative style of the furniture that is affirmed under the Empire of Napoleon Bonaparte, that is, between 1799, the year of his election as consul, and 1815, the year of his definitive defeat.
It has many elements of continuity with the previous Direttorio style, in the more general Neoclassical climate, which derived from the study of classical antiquity the forms and models to be inspired in the creation of furniture.
The peculiar feature of this style is a greater grandeur and courtesy of the furnishings, which had to convey the grandeur of the French nation to the world, hence the name Empire style.
The furniture is characterized by straight, majestic and massive lines, adorned with motifs dear to Napoleon such as bees, eagles, large Ns surrounded by laurel, and, after the Egyptian campaign, many elements taken from Egyptian art.
He prefers the flat bronze decorations, often gilded, to the refined carvings of previous years.
The typical essence of Empire furniture is mahogany.
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Age: 19th Century / 1801 - 1900

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Main essence: Walnut

Walnut wood comes from the plant whose botanical name is juglans regia , probably originally from the East but very common in Europe. Light or dark brown in color, it is a hard wood with a beautiful grain, widely used in antique furniture. It was the main essence in Italy throughout the Renaissance and later had a good diffusion in Europe, especially in England, until the advent of mahogany. It was used for solid wood furniture and sometimes carvings and inlays, its only big limitation is that it suffers a lot from woodworm. In France it was widely used more than anything else in the provinces. In the second half of the eighteenth century its use decreased significantly because mahogany and other exotic woods were preferred.

Material:

Solid Cherry

Solid Walnut

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