Antique Baroque Chest Walnut Chestnut Italy XVIII Century  - Central Italy, Early XVIII Century

Antique Baroque Chest Walnut Chestnut Italy XVIII Century

Central Italy, Early XVIII Century

Code: ANMOAL0251234

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Central Italy, Early XVIII Century

Style:  Baroque (1630-1730)

Age:  18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Origin:  Central Italy

Main essence:  Chestnut Walnut

Material:  Carved Wood

Description

Baroque chest in chestnut and walnut, central Italy, early 18th century. Opening top, paneled front. The piece of furniture is decorated with a Greek fret, moldings, diamond-shaped frames, turned circular and fusiform elements and uprights carved with a leaf motif.

Product Condition:
Product that due to age and wear requires restoration and polishing. We try to present the real condition of the furniture as completely as possible with the photos. If some details are not clear from the photos, what is reported in the description is valid.

Dimensions (cm):
Height: 100
Width: 102
Depth: 38

Additional Information

Style: Baroque (1630-1730)

The term derives from the Spanish phoneme barrueco or Portuguese barroco and literally means "shapeless pearl." Already around the mid-eighteenth century in France, it was synonymous with uneven, irregular, bizarre, while in Italy the term was of medieval origin and indicated a figure of the syllogism, an abstraction of thought. This historical period was identified with the derogatory term baroque, recognizing in it extravagance and a contrast with the criteria of harmony and expressive rigor to which it was intended to return under the influence of Greco-Roman art and the Italian Renaissance. Baroque, seventeenth-century, and seventeenth-century were synonymous with bad taste. As far as furniture was concerned, freedom of ideation, the need for pomp and virtuosity gave rise to a synergy destined to produce unsurpassed masterpieces. The materials deployed were worthy of competing with Marco Polo's most astonishing tales: Lapis lazuli, malachite, amber, ivory, tortoiseshell, gold, silver, steel, precious woods and more dressed the furnishings which, through form and imagination, virtually gave life to the Arabian Nights of many of our powerful people. Typical of the period were supporting or accessory parts resolved with twisted column motifs, clearly inspired by Bernini's baldachin of St. Peter's, parts with rich sculptural carvings in high relief and even in the round within a vortex of volutes, scrolls and spirals, curved and broken profiles, cornices agitated by tympanums of articulated shape, aprons adorned with ornaments, corbels, buttresses and anything else needed to enliven forms and structures. The Baroque is also the century of illusionism: lacquers and thin temperas crowd furniture and furnishings to imitate with the marbling effects of marble veining or plays of grain of fine burls.

Age: 18th Century / 1701 - 1800

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Main essence:

Chestnut

It is a hard, yellow-white wood, mostly used for rustic furniture. Since the Middle Ages it has been used in Europe, mainly in Spain, France and Italy. Particularly resistant, it was sometimes used to manufacture the supporting structures of fine furniture. It tends to darken over time and has good resistance to woodworms.

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: Carved Wood

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Antique Baroque Chest Walnut Chestnut Italy XVIII Century

Central Italy, Early XVIII Century

Code: ANMOAL0251234

- 30%
820.00
574.00
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from 38.27 €/month for 15 months without interest Find out more

744.00 €
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