Walnut and Wrought Iron Table, Spain, 17th Century

Pair of fork retainers. Wrought iron. Spanish school, 17th century. Pair of table fasteners made of wrought iron of the type known as “fork” due to their shape. They are decorated w...

table with hairpin clips. Walnut wood, wrought iron. Spain, 17th century. table made of carved and turned walnut wood with four A-legs, two wrought iron hairpin clips and drawers on...

Locker Walnut wood, wrought iron. Spain, 17th century. Rectangular low furniture made of oak with elements in wrought iron that rises slightly on four legs, has a slightly protruding straight top board and fronts decorated with carvings, and has two doors under two drawers, all with key lock (shields of lock decorated with simple lines only on the doors). When opening the doors, there is access to a space divided in two by a shelf decorated with a series of cut lines on its lower edge). In the upper part, under the board, there are carved brackets with simple scrolls, tongues and architectural elements; on the sides of the front some grooves remember architectural motifs. The exterior of doors and drawers and the sides of the furniture have a decoration based on frames of different sizes and shapes (crosses, squares, rectangular), following a tradition deeply rooted in Spanish furniture and that allows you to compare the ticket office...

Walnut was the most frequently used in the furniture of the time in Spain, and its forms also respond to this source. Although their presence was frequent in houses of a certain leve...