Chest in blond walnut from the 17th century, from a Maison Forte du Périgord. It is decorated with a succession of eight projecting double tables or "chocolate plates", a typical Louis XIII motif. These motifs carved in the mass are two in number on each side and four on the front.
Chest in blond walnut from the 17th century, from a Maison Forte du Périgord. It is decorated with a succession of eight projecting double tables or "chocolate plates", a typical Louis XIII motif. These motifs carved in the mass are two in number on each side and four on the front.
Chest of Maison Forte in blond walnut – 17th century – Périgord – [ME078]
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What is remarkable about this large linen chest from the 17th century is its original patina obtained through successive layers of pure beeswax. They have been able, over the centuries, to protect and preserve the natural color of the blond walnut planks of which this chest is made.
For its first outing from the Maison Forte du Périgord where it had lived for four centuries, this large laundry chest is very proud to display its original patina, namely a skillfully maintained pure beeswax whitewash. It is this particular care that has been able to protect it and preserve the natural color of the blond walnut boards that were chosen in the 17th century to make it.

Imposing in size, this blond walnut chest was originally intended for storing laundry. It was fashioned in the 17th century for a Maison Forte du Périgord in which it fulfilled its function for four centuries. Here you are witnessing its very first outing, which explains the fact that its original patina is so well preserved. The blond walnut planks that were chosen to make it knew for one and only encaustic a pure beeswax, without any dye. This 100% natural treatment has been able to protect it, while preserving its original charm.
Its Louis XIII style, early in the reign, is reflected in two particular signs.

  • The succession of eight panels decorated with double protruding tables, more commonly known as “chocolate plates”, a motif carved in the mass.
  • It has kept from its ancestors, chests from the Haute Epoque, the exposed fittings studded on the top of the top and fixed at the back by forged crow’s feet fasteners.

This chest from Maison Forte in blond walnut, thanks to its generous proportions, will offer ample storage possibilities, while catching the light very nicely, in its future home.

Seen from above, the façade reveals the depth of the projecting double table motif, or chocolate slab, as sculpted in the mass by the furniture carpenter who made this chest for a Maison Forte du Périgord in the 17th century.
On the sides and on the front we recognize, sculpted in the mass, the typical Louis XIII first period motif, namely the double protruding table or "chocolate plate", which is repeated a total of eight times.
In close-up, we can see the elongated fitting that allows the top to be lifted. It is visible since it is studded on the top of the tray, which is a survival of its ancestors, chests from the Haute Epoque.
Survival of chests from the Haute Epoque, the top is held and articulated by exposed fittings, studded on the top of the chest.
The exposed studded fitting on the top is fixed to the back of the chest using a forged crow's-foot attachment, that is to say that it really has the shape of the webbed foot of said palmiped.
These fittings are fixed to the back of the trunk using forged crow's feet fasteners, that is to say that they truly reproduce the shape of the webbed foot of said palmiped.
Once opened, this blond walnut chest reveals a vast storage space. Before wardrobes existed, it should be remembered that the chest, which is the oldest piece of furniture, made it possible to shelter both clothes and household linen. Hence the generous proportions of this chest commissioned in the 17th century by one of Maison Forte du Périgord.
This chest from Maison Forte in blond walnut, thanks to its generous proportions, will offer ample storage possibilities in its future home, while catching the light very nicely.

Dimensions

Width: 160cm, height: 82cm, depth: 67cm

Reference: [ME078]

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