Chest Of Drawers Empire
Features
Style: Empire (1804-1815)
Age: 19th Century / 1801 - 1900
Origin: Italy
Main essence: Walnut
Description
Chest of drawers Empire, supported by four feet on the plinth. On the front has three drawers surmounted by a fourth jutting out and hidden in the band of the underside, which is supported by two columns. Veneered in walnut, presents applications in bronze at the base and on the capitals of the columns; the marble top is later.
Product Condition:
Product in good conditions, shows some signs of wear.
Dimensions (cm):
Height: 90
Width: 122
Depth: 61
Additional Information
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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