Neo-Renaissance Style Cupboard Walnut Sessile Oak Italy 20th Century
Features
Style: Neo-Renaissance Revival
Age: 20th Century / 1901 - 2000
Origin: Italy
Main essence: Walnut , Sessile Oak
Description
Supported by leonine feet. 3 doors alternated with half pillars engraved with caryatids, same pattern as the one on the lower band where 3 drawers are alternated with grotesque masks. The upper extention has 3 drawers and is engraved with vases full of fruit.
Product Condition:
Fair condition. Wear consistent with age and use.
Dimensions (cm):
Height: 123
Width: 223
Depth: 55,5
Additional Information
Style: Neo-Renaissance Revival
Stylistic revival, from the 1900s, of the forms typical of the Renaissance style.This is a style that re-proposes, looking at the grandeur of the past, decorative motifs and decorations typical of the 1500s.
Mascheroni, cornices, columns carved with herms that make up typical architectural structures of Renaissance palaces, are the elements that characterize the Neo-Renaissance style.
These elements will remain in the production of furniture until the early 1900s, contaminating themselves with floral elements.
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A Milanese library between the Belle Epoque and Fascism
Age: 20th Century / 1901 - 2000
20th Century / 1901 - 2000Main essence:
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.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. Alternative proposals
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