Antique Baroque Armchairs Beech Linden Fabric XVIII Century - Italy, Early XVIII Century

Antique Baroque Armchairs Beech Linden Fabric XVIII Century

Italy, Early XVIII Century

Code: ANSESE0318006

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Italy, Early XVIII Century

Style:  Baroque (1630-1730)

Age:  18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Origin:  Italy

Main essence:  Beech Linden

Description

Pair of Baroque armchairs in beech and lime, originally lacquered. Armrests with leaf carvings culminating in a scroll, legs and crosspieces turned in a spool. Italy, early 18th century.

Product Condition:
This item requires restoration and polishing due to age and wear. We strive to present the actual condition of the piece as accurately as possible with the photos. If any details are unclear from the photos, the description will prevail.

Dimensions (cm):
Height: 105
Width: 65
Depth: 68

Seat height:  50

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:

Beech

It is a semi-hard wood which, unfortunately, is easily wormed, therefore it is considered poor. Due to its light but variegated shades, from blond to reddish, it was nevertheless appreciated by French cabinetmakers. It was mainly used for furniture structures or, as an alternative to walnut, by provincial English furniture makers for popular works, mostly in the 1700s. The noblest use is due to Thonèt, who applied the steam bending of the beech in the making of the furniture, in particular for the chairs that took his name.

Linden

It is a soft, whitish and light wood, used in the past for inlay and carving works.

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Antique Baroque Armchairs Beech Linden Fabric XVIII Century

Italy, Early XVIII Century

Code: ANSESE0318006

730.00
WITH IN-STORE PICKUP
Discounted price if you collect the product in our shops in Milan and Cambiago:
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from 48.67 €/month for 15 months without interest Find out more

900.00 €
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