Catalan cabinet from l'Empordà, 1782.
Walnut,... Lot 154
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Catalan cabinet from l'Empordà, 1782.
Walnut, with marquetry.
Dated on the top
Measurements: 295 x 160 x 82 cm.
Cabinet framed within the Catalan late baroque, made of walnut wood. It presents a structure of panels, with a floral work based on bouquets in marquetry, decorating each one of them. They are symmetrically compartmentalized in each of the doors by means of moldings of great relief. Quality carving is combined with fine marquetry work. The lower cornice has a long drawer, and the upper panel is also decorated with floral festoons. The piece of furniture is topped by an exuberant mixtilinear top, typically baroque, carved with rocaille motifs and heraldic elements.
At the end of the 17th century, the cabinet became the representative piece of furniture par excellence, conceived almost as a monument rather than a functional piece of furniture. In fact, between 1675 and 1725, approximately, the so-called Golden Age of the closet took place throughout Europe. These pieces of furniture are now part of the decoration of great salons, as showpieces. The end of this golden age will come with the rise of the chest of drawers from about 1725, when the search is no longer for a vertical piece of furniture, but for a horizontal one.
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