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The sideboard in Chippendale Style

Features

Style: In the style of Chippendale

Age: 20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Origin: England

Main essence: Mahogany

Description

Crendenza English Chippendale style. Supported by legs moves ending in the feet to "claw and ball", the central body has on the front two doors surmounted by a drawer and two smaller; the floor is marble. The two side wings have two large doors on the front and the floor is wooden. Mahogany veneer and burl of mahogany with threads of ebony. On the bottom there are two brass structures that hold up many candlesticks, and connected by a cross service.

Product Condition:
Product in good conditions, shows some signs of wear.

Dimensions (cm):
Height: 113,5
Width: 143
Depth: 61,5

Additional Information

Style: In the style of Chippendale

Predominant style in English furniture in the second half of the eighteenth century.
The Chippendale style is named after Thomas Chippendale, a famous English furniture manufacturer of the 1700s.
He began by designing Rococo-style furniture with the addition, from time to time, of oriental decorations and finally furniture with a neoclassical taste.
Its production concerns decidedly expensive and elaborate furniture but also common and, above all, cheap ones.
This style is, chronologically, followed by Art-Decò and Liberty.

Age: 20th Century / 1901 - 2000

20th Century / 1901 - 2000

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.