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Antique 6ft/184cm Ormolu Mounted French Empire Revival Pedestal Desk 1920s
About the Item
This is an exquisite antique French Empire Revival pedestal desk, Circa 1920 in date.
This desk has been beautifully crafted from flame mahogany. The top has a decorative ormolu boder and is inset with a beautiful gold tooled green leather writing surface.
It has been smothered in a plethora of gilded ormolu mounts making it an incredibly imposing and impressive item of furniture.
The desk features seven drawers for maximum storage, it is freestanding and the back is beautifully finished with three dummy drawers along the frieze and a central modesty panel.
It is raised on elegant square tapering legs that terminate in ormolu sabots and is complete with working locks, keys and tassels.
This desk will soon become the centrepiece of your furniture collection, there is no mistaking the sophisticated quality and design and it is certain to enhance the style and elegance of any living area, bedroom, or reception.
THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR THE MAHOGANY THIS ITEM IS MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHOGANY IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITES REGULATION.
Condition:
In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned, polished, waxed and releathered in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 79 x Width 184 x Depth 88
Dimensions in inches:
Height 2 foot, 7 inches x Width 6 foot x Depth 2 foot, 11 inches
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-coloured 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.
Empire style,
is an early-19th-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts followed in Europe and America until around 1830.
The style originated in and takes its name from the rule of Napoleon I in the First French Empire, where it was intended to idealize Napoleon's leadership and the French state. The style corresponds to the Biedermeier style in the German-speaking lands, Federal style in the United States and to the Regency style in Britain. The previous style was called Louis XVI style, in France.
The Empire style was based on aspects of the Roman Empire. It is the second phase of neoclassicism which is also called "Directoire", after a goverment system.
Furniture typically had symbols and ornaments borrowed from the glorious ancient Greek and Roman empires.
The furniture was made from heavy woods such as mahogany and ebony, imported from the colonies, with dark finishes often with decorative bronze mounts. Marble tops were popular as were Egyptian motifs like sphinxes, griffins, urns and eagles and the Napoleonic symbols, the eagle, the bee, the initials "I" and a large "N."
Gilded bronze (ormolu) details displayed a high level of craftsmanship.
Our reference: A3165
- Dimensions:Height: 31.11 in (79 cm)Width: 72.45 in (184 cm)Depth: 34.65 in (88 cm)
- Style:Empire Revival (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:Circa 1920
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- Seller Location:London, GB
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