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Vintage Pair of Burr Walnut Half Moon Marquetry Console Tables, 20th Century

About the Item

This is a stunning pair of vintage Sheraton style bur walnut half moon console tables of unusually small size, in fine Edwardian Sheraton Revival style and dating from the second half of the 20th century. They each have a drawer in the frieze, with an exquisite satinwood marquetry decoration of urns, garlands and ribbons. They each Stand on four elegant tapering legs that are united with a shelf stretcher. There is no mistaking their unique quality and design and they will soon become the centrepiece of your furniture collection. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully restored in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 75 x Width 90 x Depth 45. Dimensions in inches: Height 2 feet, 5 inches x width 2 feet, 11 inches x depth 1 foot, 6 inches. Burr walnut refers to the swirling figure present in nearly all walnut when cut and polished, and especially in the wood taken from the base of the tree where it joins the roots. However the true burr is a rare growth on the tree where hundreds of tiny branches have started to grow. Burr walnut produces some of the most complex and beautiful figuring you can find. Marquetry is decorative artistry where pieces of material (such as wood, mother-of-pearl, pewter, brass silver or shell) 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 shell and brass with pewter in arabesque or intricately foliate designs.

Dimensions:
Height: 29.53 in (75 cm)Width: 35.44 in (90 cm)Depth: 17.72 in (45 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 2
Style:
Edwardian (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Satinwood,Walnut,Marquetry
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
1970-1979
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1975
Condition:
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: 070511stDibs: LU95064199903