Sail table with chessboard

Code :  ANTTAB0000405

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Sail table with chessboard

Code :  ANTTAB0000405

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Sail table with chessboard

Features

Age:  18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Year:  1750 ca.

Origin:  Toscana, Italy

Main essence:  Cherry Walnut

Description

Elegant sail table in stained poplar. It has a shaped openable top, inlaid like a chessboard on a walnut and cherry veneered bottom, maple threads and reserves at the vertices with leaf inlays. Supported by a turned baluster leg ending with three wavy and carved feet.

Product Condition:
Product showing signs of wear due to age. It requires small restoration interventions.

Dimensions (cm):
Height: 77
Width: 87
Depth: 88

Maximum size (cm):
Height: 125

Additional Information

Notes historical bibliographic

Invent the reality, Giuseppe Zocchi e la Toscana del settecento Alessandro Tosi, Ed. Felice Le Monnier, page 162.

Age: 18th Century / 1701 - 1800

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Main essence:

Cherry

Obtained from prunus cerasus , a plant of oriental origin, it is a hard wood with a light and delicate color, with a reddish vein. Due to its diffusion and availability it was used in Europe in popular furniture. In cabinet making, in the seventeenth century, it was widely used in France and England for inlay work. In Italy it was very successful in Lucca. It was also very popular in the United States for the manufacture, from the late 1600s, of commonly used furniture.
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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.
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