Miniature Kingwood Bijouterie Table Top Cabinet with Ormolu Mounts 19th Century

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Miniature Kingwood Bijouterie Table Top Cabinet with Ormolu Mounts 19th Century

$1,172.44List Price

About the Item

This stunning antique kingwood bijouterie table top cabinet dates from the mid-19th century. It is a true rarity and has been accomplished in kingwood with decorative gilded ormolu mounts. It has a central shelf and is lined with a sumptuous red velvet. One cannot overstate the truly unique opportunity to own such a delightful small cabinet to display your collectables. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 38 x width 23 x depth 16 Dimensions in inches: Height 15.0 x width 9.1 x depth 6.3. Kingwood is a classic furniture wood, almost exclusively used for inlays on very fine furniture. Occasionally it is used in the solid for small items and turned work, including parts of billiard cues, e.g., those made by John Parris. It is brownish-purple with many fine darker stripes and occasional irregular swirls. Occasionally it contains pale streaks of a similar color to sapwood. The wood is very dense and hard and can be brought to a spectacular finish. It turns well but due to its density and hardness can be difficult to work with hand tools. It also has a tendency to blunt the tools due to its abrasive properties. Ormolu (from French 'or moulu', signifying ground or pounded gold) is an 18th century English term for applying finely ground, high-carat gold in a mercury amalgam to an object of bronze. The mercury is driven off in a kiln leaving behind a gold-colored veneer known as 'gilt bronze'. The manufacture of true ormolu employs a process known as mercury-gilding or fire-gilding, in which a solution of nitrate of mercury is applied to a piece of copper, brass, or bronze, followed by the application of an amalgam of gold and mercury. The item was then exposed to extreme heat until the mercury burned off and the gold remained, adhered to the metal object. No true ormolu was produced in France after circa 1830 because legislation had outlawed the use of mercury. Therefore, other techniques were used instead but nothing surpasses the original mercury-firing ormolu method for sheer beauty and richness of color. Electroplating is the most common modern technique. Ormolu techniques are essentially the same as those used on silver, to produce silver-gilt (also known as vermeil).

Dimensions:
Height: 14.97 in (38 cm)Width: 9.06 in (23 cm)Depth: 6.3 in (16 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Kingwood,Ormolu,Velvet
Period:
1850-1859
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1850
Condition:
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: 088411stDibs: LU950610702283

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