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Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860

Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860 | Ref. no. A4620 | Regent Antiques
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  • Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860 | Ref. no. A4620 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860 | Ref. no. A4620 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860 | Ref. no. A4620 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860 | Ref. no. A4620 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860 | Ref. no. A4620 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860 | Ref. no. A4620 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860 | Ref. no. A4620 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860 | Ref. no. A4620 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860 | Ref. no. A4620 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860 | Ref. no. A4620 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860 | Ref. no. A4620 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860 | Ref. no. A4620 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860 | Ref. no. A4620 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860 | Ref. no. A4620 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860 | Ref. no. A4620 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860 | Ref. no. A4620 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860 | Ref. no. A4620 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860 | Ref. no. A4620 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860 | Ref. no. A4620 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Pair Victorian Walnut Marquetry Pier Cabinets c.1860 | Ref. no. A4620 | Regent Antiques
Ref: A4620
Price: £2,750.00
This is a superb antique pair of decorative Victorian burr walnut and floral marquetry pier cabinets, dating from Circa 1860....
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This is a superb antique pair of decorative Victorian burr walnut and floral marquetry pier cabinets, dating from Circa 1860.

Adding to their truly unique character they are  decorated with exquisite gilded ormolu mounts and further embellished by the beautiful burr walnut  which has been complimented with wonderful floral marquetry decoration.

The single arched glazed doors are marquetry inlaid with roses and foliage and are each fitted with a single internal shelf. They have neoclassical ormolu mounts with ormolu  acanthus leaf edges over shaped skirt plinth bases
 
The interiors are lined in burgundy coloured velvet to display your collectables

One cannot overstate the truly unique opportunity to own such a delightful pair of cabinets.

Condition:

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

 


Dimensions in cm:

Height 112 cm x Width 81 cm x Depth 32 cm

Dimensions in inches:

Height 3 foot, 8 inches x Width 2 foot, 8 inches x Depth 1 foot, 1 inch

Our reference: A4620

Please feel free to email or call us (+44 20 8809 9605) to arrange a viewing in our North London warehouse.

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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 produces some of the most complex and beautiful figuring you can find.
 

Marquetry
is decorative artistry where pieces of material (such as wood, mother of pearl, pewter, brass silver or shell) 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 employingshell and brass with pewter in arabesque or intricately foliate designs. 

Ormolu (from French 'or moulu', signifying ground or pounded gold) is an 18th-century English term for applying finely ground, high-carat gold in a mercury amalgam to an object of bronze.The mercury is driven off in a kiln leaving behind a gold-coloured veneer known as 'gilt bronze'.

The manufacture of true ormolu employs a process known as mercury-gilding or fire-gilding, in which a solution of nitrate of mercury is applied to a piece of copper, brass, or bronze, followed by the application of an amalgam of gold and mercury. The item was then exposed to extreme heat until the mercury burned off and the gold remained, adhered to the metal object.

 

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Dimensions in cm:

Height 112 cm x Width 81 cm x Depth 32 cm

Dimensions in inches:

Height 3 foot, 8 inches x Width 2 foot, 8 inches x Depth 1 foot, 1 inch

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Buyers are fully responsible for any customs duties or local taxes that may be incurred on items sent outside of the United Kingdom, and we are not responsible for any delays in shipping or in the customs procedures of any jurisdiction, which are completely beyond our control.

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