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Napoleon III Desk

France Late 18th Century

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Napoleon III Desk

France Late 18th Century

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Napoleon III Desk - France Late 18th Century

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France Late 18th Century

Style:  Napoleon III (1848-1870)

Age:  18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Origin:  France

Main essence:  Sessile Oak

Material:  Mahogany Veneer , Mahogany Feather Banded Veneer

Description

Napoleon III writing desk in oak veneered in mahogany and mahogany feather. Front with five drawers, the right one with secret, side under-top drawers, green leather top, brass moldings and feet. Locks to be fixed, one missing. Glass protecting the top. France, 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: 77,5
Width: 120
Depth: 62,5

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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Age: 18th Century / 1701 - 1800

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Main essence: Sessile Oak

Under the name of oak or oak various types of woods derived from plants of the genus quercus are grouped. They are always resistant, hard and compact woods. Oak is lighter than oak, both are used for more rustic furniture or for the interiors of French and English antique furniture. In other processes it was gradually replaced by the advent of exotic woods considered more valuable since the 18th century.

Material:

Mahogany Veneer

Mahogany Feather Banded Veneer

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