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Antique Writing Desk Directoire Mahogany United Kingdom XVIII Century

England, Late XVIII Century

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Antique Writing Desk Directoire Mahogany United Kingdom XVIII Century

England, Late XVIII Century

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Antique Writing Desk Directoire Mahogany United Kingdom XVIII Century - England, Late XVIII Century

Features

England, Late XVIII Century

Style:  Directoire (1790-1804)

Age:  18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Origin:  England

Main essence:  Mahogany

Material:  Moroccan

Description

Directoire desk in mahogany, front with five drawers of which three in the band under the top, truncated pyramid legs, feet with casters. Top in morocco, metal handles, missing keys. England, late 18th century.

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

Dimensions (cm):
Height: 75,5
Width: 102
Depth: 70,5

Maximum size (cm):
Height: 75,5
Width: 102
Depth: 70,5

Additional Information

Style: Directoire (1790-1804)

In this short period of time, we see, in the furniture, an accentuation of the archaeological rigor and at the same time an accentuated linear severity is formulated that in fact preludes and anticipates forms and ornamentations that will then be typical of the Empire style.

The furniture of the Directoire era abandons the delicate pastel colors that characterize the Louis XVI production in favor of the dark magnificence of mahogany, which in its vast range of essences will be by far the most appreciated wood in this period.

Added to this is a general abandonment of the floral inlay trends in favor of simple fillets in ebony or amaranth-colored wood, the insertion of light linear profiles in brass is very fashionable.

The innovations are grafted onto a trend that normally finds typologies already widespread in the neoclassical era, and in some cases there is no lack of significant innovations: the chairs, often painted in light colors and archaeological motifs, are distinguished by the typical upholstered or openwork backrest that rolls up "en crosse" and in an "S".

The back legs are very fashionable if curved like a sabre and the typology with an enveloping backrest, called gondola, becomes widespread.

For studies and libraries, chair models characterized by a high concave backrest, called "en hémicycle", with a usually solid structure and a seat covered in leather, become widespread.

The use of the secrétaire finds wide diffusion and the typology of the toilette is completely new, now similar to a console on which a tilting mirror rests within hinged plates.

Certainly the most imaginative novelty of this period is the graceful psyche, consisting of a large oval or rectangular mirror, mounted within high wooden supports and generally supported by sabre-shaped legs.

This is the era in which the oval or round dining table became widely used, while the desk continued to maintain the shape of the à bureau plats models already known in the previous era.

In this period there were no particular technical-constructive innovations, the technologies remained those already in use since the beginning of the mid-eighteenth century.

Find out more about the Directory with our insights:

The unknown gaming table

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The Austrian taste of Baroque
The furniture of the Kingdom of Naples
The end of the Directory and the beginning of the Empire
The birth of the private library

Age: 18th Century / 1701 - 1800

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Main essence: Mahogany

It is one of the most precious and sought-after woods in cabinet making. It was discovered in Central America around 1600 and began to be imported to England in the 1700s. Much appreciated for its hardness and indestructibility, it became widespread following the blocking of walnut exports from France in 1720 and the consequent elimination of English import duties on mahogany from the colonies in America and India. The most valuable version comes from Cuba, but it became very expensive. At the end of the 18th century it began to be used also in France in Louis XVI, Directory and Empire furniture, its diffusion declined starting from when Napoleon, in 1810, forbade its import. It was generally used in the manufacture of elegant furniture, due to its characteristics and beautiful grain.

Material: Moroccan

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