Liberty Desk Art Nouveau Sessile Oak Brass Italy End 1800 Early 1900

Code: ANTASC0073596

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Liberty Desk Art Nouveau Sessile Oak Brass Italy End 1800 Early 1900

Code: ANTASC0073596

not available

Liberty Desk Art Nouveau Sessile Oak Brass Italy End 1800 Early 1900

Features

Style:  Art Nouveau (1890-1920)

Age:  19th Century / 1801 - 1900 , 20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Origin:  Italy

Main essence:  Sessile Oak

Material:  Brass

Description

Liberty desk elegantly refined and open, the two uprights on the sides are made of two glass doors, behind the one on the right there is a small chest of drawers, surmounted by a small drawer, decorated with opal glass inserts, reprised on the back of the desk as well. There is a drawer in the under the top band, over the central space. Sessile oak, decorated with refined symmetrical twists of ivy leaves, threaded with brass and inlaid with briar-root.

Product Condition:
Fair condition. Wear consistent with age and use.

Dimensions (cm):
Height: 88
Width: 127,5
Depth: 74,5

With certificate of authenticity

Certificate issued by:  Enrico Sala

Additional Information

Style: Art Nouveau (1890-1920)

Historical stylistic period formed from the end of the 19th century (ca. 1890) after the Umbertino style and continued until the First World War.

The current was characterized by the floral influence and the soft and curved lines, typical example are the "whiplashes".

The first signs of this new era came from architects such as Hector Guimard (1867-1942) who created numerous buildings and hotels, but also from people such as Arthur Mackmurdo furniture designer and Arthur Liberty industrialist and London merchant of the late 19th century who began to produce furnishing fabrics with floral motifs with soft and sinuous shapes.

The Universal Exhibition of Paris in 1900 was an important point for the development and affirmation of Liberty in the following decade.

Liberty was called in different ways depending on the nation, universally known as Art-Nouveau and it is thought that Arthur Liberty is the origin of the name given in Italy to this beautiful stylistic movement.

The name Art-Nouveau is thought to derive from a shop located in Paris called Maison de l'Art Nouveau which began to show off furniture with a new and innovative design in its windows.

With the end of the First World War, the naturalistic period of Liberty ended and the Art-Decò style appeared, with more rigid and geometric lines.

Find out more about the Liberty style with our insights:

Art Nouveau: birth and development of a style

Milan Liberty between flowers and colors

Carlo Zen's Liberty

Decorative shapes and elegance in an Liberty living room

FineArt: Aeolus and Cupid, Liberty sculpture by Luca Madrassi

FineArt: Nymph and Faun, Liberty sculpture by Giuseppe Siccardi

The Austrian taste of Baroque

Age:

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

20th Century / 1901 - 2000

20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Main essence: Sessile Oak

Under the name of oak or oak various types of woods derived from plants of the genus quercus are grouped. They are always resistant, hard and compact woods. Oak is lighter than oak, both are used for more rustic furniture or for the interiors of French and English antique furniture. In other processes it was gradually replaced by the advent of exotic woods considered more valuable since the 18th century.

Material: Brass

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