Ancient Baroque Chest of Drawers Walnut Italy Late XVII Century

Italy late 17th early 18th century

Code: ANMOCA0199280

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Ancient Baroque Chest of Drawers Walnut Italy Late XVII Century

Italy late 17th early 18th century

Code: ANMOCA0199280

not available

Ancient Baroque Chest of Drawers Walnut Italy Late XVII Century - Italy late 17th early 18th century

Features

Italy late 17th early 18th century

Style:  Baroque (1630-1730)

Age:  18th Century / 1701 - 1800 , 17th Century / 1601 - 1700

Origin:  Italy

Main essence:  Walnut Poplar

Description

Baroque chest of drawers in walnut with top bearing an inlay with wind star in the center made up of various essences and borders, front with three drawers decorated with simple folders, one of which bearing replaced parts, carved uprights and shelf feet. Handles replaced, two locks missing and one non-coeval. Poplar interior, alterations and embellishments in the external parts. Italy late 17th early 18th century

Product Condition:
Product that due to age and wear requires restoration and re-polishing. We try to present the real state of the furniture as fully as possible with photos. If some details are not clear from the photos, what is reported in the description will prevail.

Dimensions (cm):
Height: 99
Width: 151,5
Depth: 62

Restoration options

Minimal restoration

Antitarlo, igienizzazione e inceratura

Complete restoration

Chiusura delle crepe sui fianchi e sul piano. Togliere la vecchia carta e lucidare all'interno i cassetti con gommalacca. Sistemazione dei fondi dei cassetti che sono crepati, e rifacimento dei pattini di scorrimento dei cassetti. Sistemazione dello schienale stuccature varie, trattamento antitarlo ripresa della lucidatura ritocchi e lucidatura gommalacca con finitura cera

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

17th Century / 1601 - 1700

17th Century / 1601 - 1700

Main essence:

Walnut

Walnut wood comes from the plant whose botanical name is juglans regia , probably originally from the East but very common in Europe. Light or dark brown in color, it is a hard wood with a beautiful grain, widely used in antique furniture. It was the main essence in Italy throughout the Renaissance and later had a good diffusion in Europe, especially in England, until the advent of mahogany. It was used for solid wood furniture and sometimes carvings and inlays, its only big limitation is that it suffers a lot from woodworm. In France it was widely used more than anything else in the provinces. In the second half of the eighteenth century its use decreased significantly because mahogany and other exotic woods were preferred.

Poplar

Essence considered "poor", it is a white wood, with yellowish or greyish shades, light and tender, which is easily damaged. It is used for rustic furniture or in the construction of furniture. The most valuable use it has had in the history of furniture is in Germany, in the 19th century, for veneers and inlays in the Biedermeier period.
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