Regent Antiques - Occasional and side tables - Pair French Louis XV Birdseye Maple Bedside Cabinets

A gorgeous pair of Louis XV style birdseye maple beside cabinets with exquisite ormolu mounts.

There is no mistaking their unique quality and design and they will soon become the centrepiece of your furniture collection. These stunning cabinets will instantly enhance the style of one special room in your home. They are sure to receive the maximum amount of attention wherever they are placed.

These exquisite cabinets are reminiscent of Louis XV style furniture. Louis XV was the King of France between 1715 - 1774.

These gorgeous cabinets have decorative ormolu mounts and drawer handles. Ormolu is gilded bronze used to ornament furniture and mouldings. The edges of the tops have been ebonised.

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Height: 76 cm

Width: 64 cm

Depth: 37 cm

Birdseye Maple occurs primarily in Sugar Maple and is a very hard wood with divergent grain structure caused by the presence of the Birdseyes.

In the days when all furniture was made essentially by hand, Birdseye Maple was used by only the most capable cabinetmakers. These artisans had developed the tools and skills to work and finish Birdseye Maple successfully. Antique furniture made out of Birdseye Maple is rare and beautiful.

The divergent grain that makes Birdseye Maple beautiful also makes it difficult to work. Early woodworking machines ran at low rpms and had only 2 knives per cutterhead. This often produced Birdseye surfaces that were chipped and torn. It took many hours of hand planing and scraping to get these surfaces to a high sheen.

This limited the use of Birdseye maple to projects whose value could justify the extra labor cost. Examples of this are fine furniture and musical instruments.