Antique Victorian Drinks Cabinet Surprise Bar Dry Bar & Glassware 19th C

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Antique Victorian Drinks Cabinet Surprise Bar Dry Bar & Glassware 19th C

About the Item

A beautiful antique late Victorian mahogany and marquetry surprise drinks cabinet with lift off tray and cantilever action, circa 1880 in date. Opening the top raises the interior to reveal a twin handled rising glass tray complete with hand cut crystal glasses. The bar has superb flkoral marquetry decoration and is raised on turned supports, that teminate in brass cap castors, united by an x-stretcher with a central dish undertier. Add a touch of class to your home with this stunning piece of antique English furniture. THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR THE MAHOGANY THIS ITEM IS MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHOGANY IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITES REGULATION. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned and polished in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 79 x Width 59 x Depth 59 Dimensions in inches: Height 2 foot, 7 inches x Width 1 foot, 11 inches x Depth 1 foot, 11 inches Marquetry is decorative artistry where pieces of material (such as wood, pewter or brass silver) 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 employing brass with pewter in arabesque or intricately foliate designs.

Dimensions:
Height: 31.11 in (79 cm)Width: 23.23 in (59 cm)Depth: 23.23 in (59 cm)
Style:
Victorian (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Glass,Mahogany,Marquetry
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
1880-1889
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1880
Condition:
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: A20141stDibs: LU950625667702