Pair of Antique Baroque Style Candle-Holders Wood Italy 1750 ca. - Milan, 1750 ca.
Features
Milan, 1750 ca.
Style: Barocchetto (1720-1770)
Age: 18th Century / 1701 - 1800
Origin: Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Description
Pair of lamp holders in carved pine wood, lacquered white and partially gilded, supported by a cylindrical rod. Composed of large opposing "C" volutes, they are carved with curls and leaf motifs, embellished with a flowering branch that descends from the upper corolla, a support for the candle. Above the two lights there is a perforated and gilded sheet iron plate.
Product Condition:
Product in good condition, has small signs of wear. We try to present the real state as fully as possible with photos. If some details are not clear from the photos, what is stated in the description applies.
Dimensions (cm):
Height: 123
Diameter: 15
Maximum size (cm):
Height: 240
Additional Information
Notes historical bibliographic
The large scroll carving and the fleshy leaves are evidently baroque motifs typical of the Lombardy area; however the lightness of movement, the almost rocaille corolla as well as the chromatic taste that alternates gold and ivory, are typical of the fashion that overlooks Milan in the mid-18th century. On the other hand in those years, the most fashionable environment in the whole city, the Hall of Palazzo Clerici, represents a balance between baroque language and the new rococo proposals coming from Paris. The production of these two objects must therefore be placed in those years.Style: Barocchetto (1720-1770)
This term refers, specifically to furniture, to a part of the production carried out in Italy in the period between the Rococo era and the first phase of neoclassicism.It is characterised by the formal and decorative structure still rigidly in adherence to the dictates dear to the Baroque period (hence the term barocchetto) and to the Louis XIV fashions and yet the new times can be seen in the adoption of smaller volumes, more elegant decorative modules, often directly inspired by French fashion, but always executed with rigorous principles of ornamental symmetry.
The tendency to assimilate formal and volumetric innovations but not to incorporate their ornamental elaboration finds a natural explanation in Italy in the fact that in this century the great aristocracy is experiencing an unstoppable political and economic decline.
If in the previous century there was a great profusion of furnishings intended to decorate recently built homes, to proudly show the power of the commissioning family, in In the 18th century, the focus was on updating the building with only the furniture strictly necessary for the new needs imposed by fashion or functional needs.
The old scenographic apparatus was maintained and the new must not contrast too much.
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Age: 18th Century / 1701 - 1800
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Per saperne di più sui candelieri, dai un'occhiata agli approfondimenti del nostro blog:Due esotiche sculture reggitorcia del XIX secolo
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Il dizionario dell'antiquariato - Opificio
Il dizionario dell'antiquariato - Pastiglia
Il dizionario dell'antiquariato - Savonarola
Il dizionario dell'antiquariato - Rosone
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