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Antique Dutch Marquetry Secretaire Cabinet C1810 19th C

Antique Dutch Marquetry Secretaire Cabinet C1810 19th C | Ref. no. A1873 | Regent Antiques Sold
Ref: A1873
Price: £ 0.00
This is a fabulous antique Dutch Floral Marquetry Walnut Secretaire Abbatant, circa 1810 in date. The secretaire features...

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This is a fabulous antique Dutch Floral Marquetry Walnut Secretaire Abbatant, circa 1810 in date.

The secretaire features a projecting top that is fitted with an inlaid frieze drawer flanked by winged caryatids.

The fall front has marquetry decoration in an oval panel of charioteers within floral borders, above three full width drawers flanked by brass capped cylindrical pillars inlaid with leafy trails. 

The fall front is fitted with a green gold tooled leather inser writing surface and the interior has a central door,  flanked by four small drawers and open recesses.


The secretaire rests on decorative block feet is complete with working locks and keys.

A lot of skilled work went in to making this  incredibly decorative item. 

 

Condition:

In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned, polished and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
 


Dimensions in cm:

Height 151 x Width 95 x Depth 55

Dimensions in inches:

Height 4 foot, 11 inches x Width 3 feet, 1 inch x Depth 1 foot, 10 inches

Our reference: A1873

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Marquetry
is decorative artistry where pieces of material of different colours are inserted into surface wood veneer to form intricate patterns such as scrolls or flowers.

The technique of veneered marquetry had its inspiration in 16th century Florence. Marquetry elaborated upon Florentine techniques of inlaying solid marble slabs with designs formed of fitted marbles, jaspers and semi-precious stones. This work, called opere di commessi, has medieval parallels in Central Italian "Cosmati"-work of inlaid marble floors, altars and columns. The technique is known in English as pietra dura, for the "hardstones" used: onyx, jasper, cornelian, lapis lazuli and colored marbles. In Florence, the Chapel of the Medici at San Lorenzo is completely covered in a colored marble facing using this demanding jig-sawn technique.

Techniques of wood marquetry were developed in Antwerp and other Flemish centers of luxury cabinet-making during the early 16th century. The craft was imported full-blown to France after the mid-seventeenth century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, charged with providing furnishings to decorate Versailles and the other royal residences of Louis XIV. Early masters of French marquetry were the Fleming Pierre Golle and his son-in-law, André-Charles Boulle, who founded a dynasty of royal and Parisian cabinet-makers (ébénistes) and gave his name to a technique of marquetry employing brass with pewter in arabesque or intricately foliate designs.
  
  
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Dimensions in cm:

Height 151 x Width 95 x Depth 55

Dimensions in inches:

Height 4 foot, 11 inches x Width 3 feet, 1 inch x Depth 1 foot, 10 inches

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