Antique Chimney Lintel Renaissance Pietra Serena Stone XV Century

Tuscany, Late XV Century

Code: ANTPIE0000208

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Antique Chimney Lintel Renaissance Pietra Serena Stone XV Century

Tuscany, Late XV Century

Code: ANTPIE0000208

8,200.00
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Antique Chimney Lintel Renaissance Pietra Serena Stone XV Century - Tuscany, Late XV Century

Features

Tuscany, Late XV Century

Style:  Renaissance (1460-1630)

Age:  15th Century / 1401 - 1500

Origin:  Toscana, Italy

Material:  Serena Stone

Description

Fireplace lintel in pietra serena stone, of Tuscan manufacture; carved with characteristic grotesque phytomorphic motifs, on the sides there is a coat of arms with the head of a deer in majesty surmounted by an eight-pointed star, a coat of arms belonging to the Ubaldini family, counts of Mugello.

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: 55
Width: 253
Depth: 10

Additional Information

Style: Renaissance (1460-1630)

During the Renaissance, furniture took on architectural forms, perfect proportions, and was adorned with rationally arranged decorations, taken from Greco-Roman iconography.

Supports and feet carved in the shape of an acanthus leaf or a lion's paw appeared at least from the early 1460s.

Alongside parallelepiped chests, others appeared in the shape of a classical sarcophagus, with surfaces marked by ornamental metrics rigidly disciplined within pilasters and frames.

The novelty of the sculptural carving decoration derived from archaeological remains triumphs, decoded and reworked stylistic elements in different compositional harmonies arranged in alternating games of dentils, ovules, volutes, acanthus-shaped spirals, loricature, strigliature, grotesque candelabras, and the entire pantheon of pagan mythology comes to life again, in particular to decorate chests, which from their initial function as containers for the wedding dowry take over the new instance of real parade furniture.

It is worth remembering that the displayed furniture was generally richly embellished with gold leaf gilding.

In the first decades of the sixteenth century the use of Certosina inlay definitively faded away, although even in the Renaissance this technique had great fame, just think of the activity of the Tasso workshop in Florence.

Learn more about the Renaissance style with our insights:

The Renaissance style
A pair of candle holders between the Renaissance and Baroque
FineArt: The Renaissance
FineArt: Renaissance Cassina gilded, Belloni family – Venice, 16th century
The dictionary of antiques - Savonarola

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The Austrian taste of Baroque
The history of furniture in the Renaissance

Age: 15th Century / 1401 - 1500

15th Century / 1401 - 1500

Material: Serena Stone

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