Napoleon III Secrétaire Mahogany England XIX Century - England Late 19th century
Features
England Late 19th century
Style: Napoleon III (1848-1870)
Age: 19th Century / 1801 - 1900
Origin: England
Main essence: Brazilian Rosewood , Mahogany , Oak
Material: Gilded Bronze , Felt , Ebony Wood , White Marble , Brass
Description
Napoleon III secretary desk in ebonized wood with chiseled brass inlays, England late 19th century. Top in white marble with gilt bronze rim, drawer in the undertop band, flap door concealing a castle with 2 drawers veneered in bois de rose and mahogany with blue felt insert, 3 drawers in the lower part, spinning top feet. Decorated with gilded bronzes; oak interior. Shortcomings.
Product Condition:
Product that due to age and wear requires restoration and resumption of polishing.
Dimensions (cm):
Height: 133
Width: 73
Depth: 39,5
Additional Information
Style: Napoleon III (1848-1870)
With Napoleon III as emperor, France experienced a period of extraordinary economic prosperity, a factor that allowed it to reconstitute a formidable war machine.In short, the dream that had once been Bonaparte's was revived: France as a great European hegemonic power.
The euphoria and grandeur also found perfect correspondence in the furnishings that characterized the Second Empire.
In Italy, the Napoleon III Style initially had insignificant effects, imposing furnishings in imitation of Louis XVI with an ornamental value resolved only in carving and completely devoid of bronze frills, in deference to a more sober taste that would always characterize Italian clients.
Only in the first decades of the twentieth century did "French" furniture find important commercial outlets in our country.
This is the name given to the artistic production of France under Napoleon III, president in 1848 and emperor from 1852 to 1870, the year of his abdication.
Rather than a style, we can speak of a set of styles, or rather revivals, given that in these years the eclectic tendency that had already appeared during the previous reign of Louis Philippe developed to its extreme consequences.
The drive to re-evaluate history and the Middle Ages also derives from the romantic spirit, as well as from the nationalistic one.
The houses were therefore furnished by mixing different styles and drawing from both the past and the East, with a tendency towards luxury and pomp that reflected the emperor's desire for grandeur.
In general, there was a return to the entire 18th century, with particular attention to Louis XVI; the fashion for dark woods (ebony and rosewood), exotic woods and bronze applications is confirmed.
From the 17th century onwards, the inlay created by André-Charles Boulle, the great cabinetmaker of Louis XIV, was revived. He created an inlay technique in gilded bronze and tortoiseshell, in which one of the two materials acts as a background for the perforated designs of the other.
Compared to the refinement of the original pieces, the "Boulle" furniture of this period is heavier and also flashier, given the addition of bright colours through painted sheets or parts in horn coloured blue, red or green.
Always in the wake of eclecticism, Venetian furniture arouses particular interest, which stimulates the production of polychrome and gilded furniture, in which figures of Moors often appear as supports.
These latter are also linked to the passion for the exotic that leads to the fashion for chinoiserie (in especially after the conquest of Beijing in 1860).
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