Neo-Renaissance Style Cupboard, Walnut, Italy, 20th Century

Code :  ANMOCR0060456

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Neo-Renaissance Style Cupboard, Walnut, Italy, 20th Century

Code :  ANMOCR0060456

not available

Neo-Renaissance Style Cupboard, Walnut, Italy, 20th Century

Features

Style:  Neo-Renaissance Revival

Age:  20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Origin:  Italy

Main essence:  Walnut

Description

The base has frames engraved with leafy scrolls and grotesque faces at the corners. Two pairs of frontal doors inlaid with preted architectual recesses inhabited by classical figures alternating with telamons and caryatids which act as pillars and support a shelf with a dice on which are engraved two male and female faces. On the flat surface stands an extention with folding door inlaid with a freize that represents a procession of putti, surmounted by two doors with glass adorned with a iron grill with leafy patterns. The pillars are shaped as two couples of putti tah support refined columns and the corinthian capital that hold the upper cap. Spider web keys.

Product Condition:
Fair condition. Wear consistent with age and use.

Dimensions (cm):
Height: 268
Width: 230
Depth: 75

Additional Information

Style: Neo-Renaissance Revival

Stylistic revival, from the 1900s, of the forms typical of the Renaissance style.
This is a style that re-proposes, looking at the grandeur of the past, decorative motifs and decorations typical of the 1500s.
Mascheroni, cornices, columns carved with herms that make up typical architectural structures of Renaissance palaces, are the elements that characterize the Neo-Renaissance style.
These elements will remain in the production of furniture until the early 1900s, contaminating themselves with floral elements.
Find out more about the Neo-Renaissance with our insights:
A Milanese library between the Belle Epoque and Fascism

Age: 20th Century / 1901 - 2000

20th Century / 1901 - 2000

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.
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