Walnut dresser – Renaissance Style – 19ᵗʰ century – Aquitaine

Walnut dresser – Renaissance Style – 19ᵗʰ century – Aquitaine

In the 16ᵗʰ century, families from the nobility possessed sumptuous pewter services that they had to show their guests.
This dresser took center stage in the reception hall and fulfilled precisely this mission.
Resting on a large base richly molded, this high storage boasts two doors and two drawers called “layettes” which open let you admire the crockery and the cutlery and closed let you appreciate their carved decoration, inspired by the antique style once again very popular in vogue during the Renaissance.
The taste for this style – here more precisely neo-Gothic – experienced a new golden age at the end of the 19ᵗʰ century, in the wake of the Restoration of Louis XVIII and Charles X. It is from this period that this dresser comes, particularly ostentatious.

This dresser rests on a large molded base.
This dresser rests on a large molded base.
On the doors and sides, sculpted portraits represent the faces of the sponsors of this walnut dresser.
On the doors and sides, sculpted portraits represent the faces of the sponsors of this walnut dresser.
On the doors and sides, sculpted portraits represent the faces of the sponsors of this walnut dresser.
On the doors and sides, sculpted portraits represent the faces of the sponsors of this walnut dresser.
On the doors and sides, sculpted portraits represent the faces of the sponsors of this walnut dresser.
The side capitals are surmounted by faces of cherubs.
The side capitals are surmounted by faces of cherubs.

Price: on demand.
Dimensions
Width: 140 cm, height: 150 cm, depth: 54 cm.
Reference: [ME042]

Other capitals are decorated with bows and arrows.
Other capitals are decorated with bows and arrows.
Note the presence of sculpted dragons. Their mission: to protect the family treasure.
Note the presence of sculpted dragons. Their mission: to protect the family treasure.

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