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Antique William IV Burr Walnut Marquetry Kidney Shaped Writing Table Desk 19th C

Antique William IV Burr Walnut Marquetry Kidney Shaped Writing Table Desk 19th C | Ref. no. A2970 | Regent Antiques Sold
Ref: A2970
Price: £ 0.00
A beautiful antique William IV burr walnut, ebony, ebonised and marquetry kidney shaped writing table, circa 1835 in date. ...

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A beautiful antique William IV burr walnut, ebony, ebonised and marquetry kidney shaped writing table, circa 1835 in date.

The shaped top features an inset gilt tooled green leather writing surface within an ebonised border with floral marquetry and floral cartouches to the angles.

The marquetry frieze is fitted with a single concealed drawer and the desk is raised on turned, fluted, lappet, shot and gadroon carved end supports with scroll capped cabriole legs on scrolled toes with recessed brass castors.
 

Add an elegant touch to your home with this stunning combination piece of antique English furniture.
 

Condition:

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



Dimensions in cm:

Height 73 x Width 135 x Depth 84

Dimensions in inches:

Height 2 foot, 5 inches x Width 4 foot, 5 inches x Depth 2 foot, 9 inches

Our reference: A2970

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'Burr Walnut' refers to the swirling figure present in nearly all walnut when cut and polished, and especially in the wood taken from the base of the tree where it joins the roots. However the true burr is a rare growth on the tree where hundreds of tiny branches have started to grow. Burr walnut produce some of the most complex and beautiful figuring you can find.
 

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 73 x Width 135 x Depth 84

Dimensions in inches:

Height 2 foot, 5 inches x Width 4 foot, 5 inches x Depth 2 foot, 9 inches

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