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18th Century Bargueno in Molded Walnut

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  • Italian style "bargueño". Tortoiseshell, wood, bronze. 18th century.
    Located in Madrid, ES
    Uncovered sample desk made of wood, with the central part advanced and highlighted with a double chapel of architectural composition. Each of the sides has five drawers with the front decorated with tortoiseshell and an elaborate golden bronze lock shield (two rampant lions faced, located on a garland and with a shield crowned between them, in which the hollow of the key). The center of the front has two levels: the lower one has four columns with éntasis, two on each side and joined by an entablature and a top finish in dark wood, and a series of gold metal elements in the center between which it stands out, sheltered under a semicircular arch, the figure of Hercules fighting against Caco; the upper one has some moldings forming some recesses, with an important heraldic shield in the center, all enhanced with volutes towards the sides, and different elements in gilded metal, of classicist inspiration. The general scheme of the furniture responds to a very widespread and valued model in 17th century Europe, of which the best examples have been, as a rule, those of Italian manufacture, and which is continued in the eighteenth century without breaking the compositional clarity of the one that shows in this frontal but yes changing slight decorative details and elements in the area of the central chapel, above all. The practice of using tortoiseshell plates...
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    Antique 18th Century European Neoclassical Secretaires

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    Bronze

  • 18th Century Walnut Bureau
    Located in Faversham, GB
    A splendid and well proportioned 18th century and later walnut bureau of exceptional craftsmanship. The top is finished with a galleried edge upon turned vase finials. The fall open...
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    Antique Mid-18th Century British Georgian Secretaires

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  • 18th Century Italian Silver & Ebonized Wood Bargueño Desk & Chest of Drawers
    Located in Marbella, ES
    18th century Italian silver and ebonized wood barqueño desk and chest of drawers.
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  • 18th Century Walnut Scriban Secretary
    Located in Marseille, FR
    Secretary scriban walnut 18th century Provençal work in used condition.
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    Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Secretaires

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    Walnut

  • Baroque Walnut Secretaire, 18th Century
    Located in Greding, DE
    Italian secretaire standing on bracket feet with four drawers and trapezoidal top with an inclined flap. The walnut veneer is contrasted with panel-shaped frames and decorated with a...
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    Antique 18th Century European Baroque Secretaires

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    Walnut

  • 18th Century Baroque Secretaire Walnut
    Located in Münster, DE
    Sloping flap secretary Baroque, Brunswick, around 1750, walnut and walnut root wood, plum and maple veneered on softwood corpus, 3 drawers, double curved corpus on ball feet, slant...
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