Empire Style Table Walnut Italy XX Century

Empire Style Table Walnut Italy XX Century - Italy 20th century

Features

Italy 20th century

Style: Empire Revival

Age: 20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Origin: Italy

Main essence: Silver Fir , Walnut

Material: Brass

Description

Empire style table made of walnut, Italy 20th century. Top with inlaid border, also taken along the perimeter of the shaped base, undertop band with 3 drawers, lyre-shaped uprights each equipped with 3 brass "strings". Spruce interior.

Product Condition:
Product that due to age and wear may require restoration and resumption of polishing.

Dimensions (cm):
Height: 78,5
Width: 90
Depth: 50

Additional Information

Style: Empire Revival

Ripresa stilistica, del 900, delle forme proprie dello stile Impero (1804-1815)

Age: 20th Century / 1901 - 2000

20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Main essence:

Silver Fir

Soft coniferous wood, used for rustic furniture or to build the chest, that is the structure, of furniture then veneered in more precious woods. It has been used since ancient times, its most valuable use is, in the Spruce variant, in the inlays of French antique furniture of the '700 . The spruce, more typical of northern Europe, in Italy grows mainly in the Eastern Alps at altitudes above 1300 m. The noblest use of this essence was in the construction of violins, guitars and cellos: Stradivari himself produced his famous violins with this wood.

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.