Exceptional Late 18Th C. Catalan Mountain Coffer/Hall Bench Wabi Sabi

A primitive hewn elm Catalan bench. Incredibly well made with hinged seat for storage. Heavily patinated with many age old repairs & the date “1823” carved into the back. ...

A heavily patinated 18th C. bench from Northern Portugal. Solidly constructed from thick slabs of chestnut. Good proportions.

A large hewn chestnut 18th C. bench from Braga, northern Portugal. Heavily patinated with many age old repairs.

A super rare dug-out bench from the mountains of northern Portugal. Hollowed out from a signal piece of walnut. Heavily patinated with age old repairs.

Deep black/brown color. Constructed in a combination of pine & elm. Fully restored. C.1750. - We offer free shipping to the USA/Canada through Fedex with this item.

A super rare late 17th C. Bench from Galicia. Primitive yet solid construction with a very contemporary form. Beautiful texture with 300 years of patination. Spain C.1690

A very handsome 18th century primitive bench from the Catalan region of Spain. Nicely constructed from Meleze - a very dense pine. Very rich patina. The seat height is 16 5/8".

Circa 1700s primitive rustic farmhouse bench from the Cataluña region, Spain. The patina is superb with its dark rich finish acquired over centuries of use. It is of a solid plank c...

A late 18th century primitive settle bench handcrafted in the Catalan region of Spain of mélèze, a hard pine grown in mountainous regions, circa...

An early 19th century primitive mountain bench constructed from a single plank of richly patinated oak. Retaining its original whittled and attractively splayed legs, with characterf...

Late 18th Century French Provincial Carved Walnut Coffer Bench, having a hinged rectangular top, above a carved paneled walnut front, and rising on a molded base. Hardwood constructi...

This is a wonderful antique Italian Renaissance Revival walnut, specimen wood and marquetry decorated cassapanca or hall bench, made in Lombardy Italy and Circa 1780 in date. It is smothered in the most wonderful carved panels with fabulous inlaid marquetry decoration with fruit wood and bone inlaid marquetry panels depicting communal and hunting scenes. It has a hinged seat allowing access to the storage box below, and is raised on wonderful scroll feet Condition: In excellent original condition having only been cleaned and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 115 x Width 155 x Depth 60 Dimensions in inches: Height 3 foot, 9 inches x Width 5 feet, 1 inch x Depth 2 feet 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...