Baroque Style Chest of Drawers - Italy Early 18th Century

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Baroque Style Chest of Drawers

Italy Early 18th Century

Code: ANMOCA0300308

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Italy Early 18th Century

Style:  Baroque (1630-1730)

Age:  18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Origin:  Veneto, Italy

Main essence:  Silver Fir Maple Cypress Olive

Description

Three-drawer chest of drawers from the early 18th century, from the Lake Garda area. Constructed of split-front fir, it is veneered in olive wood with maple and cypress trim that outlines typical Baroque reserves. Bracket legs, ebonized pear wood frames. Bronze handles and escutcheons.

Product Condition:
The furniture is in good condition, with minor signs of wear. We try to present the furniture's true condition as accurately as possible with the photos. If any details are unclear from the photos, the description will apply.

Dimensions (cm):
Height: 94
Width: 144
Depth: 70

Additional Information

Style: Baroque (1630-1730)

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The term derives from the Spanish barrueco phoneme or Portuguese barroco and literally means "shapeless pearl".

Already around the middle of the eighteenth century in France it was synonymous with uneven, irregular, bizarre, while in Italy the term was of Medieval memory 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 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 regards furniture, freedom of ideation, need for pomp and virtuosity gave rise to a synergy destined to produce unsurpassed masterpieces.

The materials used were worthy of competing with the most astonishing tales of Marco Polo: lapis lazuli, malachite, amber, ivory, tortoiseshell, gold, silver, steel, precious wood essences and more dressed the furnishings that in shape and imagination virtually gave life to the Arabian Nights of many of our powerful people.

Typical of the period were load-bearing or accessory parts resolved with twisted column motifs, clearly inspired by Bernini's canopy of St. Peter's, parts with rich sculptural carving in high relief and even in the round within a vortex of volutes, scrolls and spirals, curved and broken profiles, cymatiums agitated by gables of articulated shape, aprons adorned with ornaments, corbels, buttresses and so on. necessary to enliven shapes 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 games of veining of precious briar roots.

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Age: 18th Century / 1701 - 1800

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

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.

Maple

Hard, light wood used for inlays. It grows mainly in Austria, but it is widespread throughout the northern hemisphere, from Japan to North America, passing through China and Europe. It is one of the lightest woods ever, tending to white, it is similar to lime or birch wood. The briar is used in the production of ancient secretaires .

Cypress

It is a hard wood, originating from one of the most long-lived plants, it exists in different species. The French variant is light red with darker veins, the cabinetmakers used it more in the inlays. The Asian variant, with shades more greenish, was used in England for the supporting structures of the furniture. In both the United States and Europe it was used for the production of rustic and popular furniture.

Olive

Extracted from the plant called olea europaea which lives throughout 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 pieces of furniture and for inlays, veneers and decorations. Being very hard, it is also suitable for turning and for the manufacture of small objects. -

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Baroque Style Chest of Drawers

Italy Early 18th Century

Code: ANMOCA0300308

1,850.00
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from 123.33 €/month for 15 months without interest Find out more

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