Antique Empire Bed Wrought Iron Italy XIX Century - Genoa, Early XIX Century
Features
Genoa, Early XIX Century
Style: Empire (1804-1815)
Age: 19th Century / 1801 - 1900
Origin: Genova, Liguria, Italy
Material: Bronze , Painted Wrought Iron , Lacquered Wrought Iron , Painted Sheet Metal , Lacquered sheet metal
Description
Empire queen size canopy bed, with lacquered and painted wrought iron and sheet metal structure, Genoa, early 19th century. Headboard crowned with anthemium decoration and festoon with curls at the ends, held by a pair of rosettes; the footboard is instead decorated with a neoclassical vase from which leafy elements and racemes branch out, the latter ending in golden swan heads that grasp tulip leaves and flowers with their mouths. The parts just described are also embellished with various floral and vegetal elements painted in gold and silver colours. Bronze knobs. The bed was born without the canopy structure, which was added later.
Product Condition:
Object which due to age and wear requires restoration work. We try to present the real state of the object as completely as possible with photos. If some details are not clear from the photos, what is stated in the description applies.
Dimensions (cm):
Height: 26
Width: 146,5
Depth: 200
Bed frame maximum sizes (cm):
Height: 230
Width: 154
Depth: 207
Additional Information
Style: Empire (1804-1815)
Decorative style of the furniture that is affirmed under the Empire of Napoleon Bonaparte, that is, between 1799, the year of his election as consul, and 1815, the year of his definitive defeat.It has many elements of continuity with the previous Direttorio style, in the more general Neoclassical climate, which derived from the study of classical antiquity the forms and models to be inspired in the creation of furniture.
The peculiar feature of this style is a greater grandeur and courtesy of the furnishings, which had to convey the grandeur of the French nation to the world, hence the name Empire style.
The furniture is characterized by straight, majestic and massive lines, adorned with motifs dear to Napoleon such as bees, eagles, large Ns surrounded by laurel, and, after the Egyptian campaign, many elements taken from Egyptian art.
He prefers the flat bronze decorations, often gilded, to the refined carvings of previous years.
The typical essence of Empire furniture is mahogany.
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Age: 19th Century / 1801 - 1900
19th Century / 1801 - 1900Material:
Bronze
Painted Wrought Iron
Lacquered Wrought Iron
Painted Sheet Metal
Lacquered sheet metal
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