Chest of Drawers Olive Walnut Burr Veneer Italy Mid 1700s

Code :  ANTCAS0000699

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Chest of Drawers Olive Walnut Burr Veneer Italy Mid 1700s

Code :  ANTCAS0000699

not available

Chest of Drawers Olive Walnut Burr Veneer Italy Mid 1700s

Features

Style:  Barocchetto (1720-1770)

Age:  18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Origin:  Veneto, Italy

Main essence:  Olive

Material:  Burl Slab

Description

A round chest of drawers with a pair of doors on the sides and a pair of serpentine drawers on the front. Slabbed walnut burr veneered surface with olive threads. Four serpentine feet. The height has been amended, it certainly had a further drawer in the past. Restored feet. Missing locks. Manufactured in Italy, mid 18th century.

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

Dimensions (cm):
Height: 82
Width: 164
Depth: 57

With certificate of authenticity

Additional Information

Style: Barocchetto (1720-1770)

With this term we designate, for what specifically relates to furniture, a part of the production carried out in Italy in the period of time between the Rococo era and the first phase of neoclassicism.
It is characterized by the formal and decorative structure still rigidly adhering to the dictates dear to the Baroque period (hence the term baroque) and to the Louis XIV fashions and yet the new times are captured in the adoption of smaller volumes, more decorative modules. elegant, often directly inspired by French fashion, but always executed with rigorous principles of ornamental symmetry.
The tendency to assimilate formal and volumetric novelties but not to incorporate their ornamental elaboration finds natural explanation in Italy in the fact that in this century the great aristocracy experienced an unstoppable political and economic decline.
If in the previous century there was a great profusion of furnishings destined to adorn newly built homes, to proudly show the power of the client family, in the eighteenth century they rather take care to update the building with only the furniture strictly necessary for the new needs imposed by fashion or functional needs.
The old scenographic apparatus is maintained and the new must not contrast too much.
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Age: 18th Century / 1701 - 1800

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Main essence: Olive

Extracted from the plant called olea europaea which lives in all the Mediterranean lands, it is a hard and compact wood. It has a characteristic light color, greenish yellow, with particular dark veins. It is widely used in cabinet making both as a solid wood for entire furniture, and for inlays, veneers and decorations. As it is very hard, it is also suitable for round work and for the manufacture of small objects.

Material: Burl Slab

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