SWEDISH ARMOIRE

Designed before the age of closets, this cabinet, crafted of birch, ash and fir and primarily veneered in golden ash, was fitted to hold most of the wardrobe of its owner. Six large,...

A period Baroque 18th century Swedish two-door cabinet with four interior shelves over a single drawer with bun feet and wonderfully richly carved geometric motifs on the door panels...

Biedermeier Armoire- veneer of walnut, fruitwood and ebonized wood. Rectangular step molded top, flanked by ornamental intarsia pilaster, ebonized circular columns above inlaid pilas...

Biedermeier Armoire/Cabinet made of walnut and root wood with 2 large doors, ebonized colums and gilt fittings.

Original lock and key This piece of furniture shows no recess on its upper part. It opens with four folding-doors and two drawers within the belt. The key bears the date 1524 above cross motifs. Burgundy and Lyon regions subordinated themselves to architecture in a different manner than the other french schools. Rather than using particularly columns and pediments pieces of furniture from Lyon borrow architecture’s organization principles and rigorous designs. On the upper body a strong feeling of balance and symmetry appears with the folding doors reliefs. Swags of flowers and fruits held with knot cloth centered by a man seating on his arms. Here profiles, masks and chou de Bourgogne mingle with the structuring scrolls. The two lateral terms wear draperies and the goddess Diana in the center wears a belt of fruits similar to Hugue Sambin’s designs (Termes de Diane et de Venus, 1554, BNF). The two palm-leaves enriched drawers and the alternating scrolls belt balance the weight of the cornice with its alternatings consoles and tops. The lower body is also adorned by three terms with a feminine one in the center, all three are wearing fruits on their heads. The folding doors are centered upon a motif of cut cuirs by a mask in high relief. Wearing a feathered tiara...

The frieze and center stile of this armoire are fluted. The doors are framed with shaped moldings and have raised panels that are also framed by shaped moldings. There are support st...