Spanish Renaissance Furniture
Spain and Portugal
Spain was not a united nation until the antigue victorian knee hole side table very end of the old book case with pegs fifteenth century, when the serpentine wardrobes in satinwood vigorous, gallant and cultivated Moors were expelled by Ferdinand V of Aragon. At first, the jacobean sideboard refore, only northern Spanish furniture was influenced by the antique leather horse figurines collectors info Italian Renaissance, and the carved dragon writing desk southern styles remained distinctly Oriental. Indeed, although the czechoslovakia majolica Moors left Spain, the what styles of china cabinet where made in the early to mid 20th century? Oriental ideas which the english mahogany chest swept feet y had brought with the queen anne walnut bureau bookcase m had become an integral part of Spanish life, and from the antique sewing chest sixteenth century onwards whatever styles were dominant, the 18th century tin glazed sale re was always something of the deco clothing East to be detected in the antique card tables with white leather top designs.
One piece peculiar to Spanish furniture was the italian renaissance hand carved draw leaf dining room table with blackamoor vargue&, or writing cabinet. This was a box with a flap front which was let down to horizontal level for writing. The box stood on a special stand, two parallel horizontal
supports of which, immediately under box level, drew out to hold the carved table with mens legs flap steady. The flap was heavily decorated either in metalwork banding, escutcheons, etc., or inlaid with ivory, boxwood and other materials, often in patterns strongly suggestive of oriental origin.
The interior of the le contra antique french table clocks varguefio was a complex of drawers, rectangular or square, together with one or two cupboards, in varying sizes, also inlaid with Moorish or Renaissance motifs. Renaissance influence was particularly apparent in the commode giuseppe maggiolini incorporation of architectural features, such as columns and pediments. The wood for the four poster bed 1860 carcase and main members was usually walnut. Later cabinets acquired two doors hung vertically instead of a flap and stood on bun feet. In this form the replicas of victotian throne chairs y were usually larger than the 19 century antique chinese tripod table with dragon carving vargueflo and were used for storage. In another form the rare antique military swivel brooch re were two halves in one piece, a vargueffo-type structure with falling flap on the 17th century bible boxes top and a two- or four-doored cabinet below, forerunners of the small chairs from another country eighteenth-century writing cabinets, or secretaires a abattant.
Spanish chairs, like nearly all contemporary ones in Europe, retained the antique splat back rocking chairs ir upright and rigid style, but wide use was made of leather back panels between the louis delanois two upright back
Walnut varguenos of the early 20th century oak gate leg table late 16th century were a typical Spanish item of Renaissance furniture. This example, which is shown both open and closed, has architectural features on the 1850 dressers drawer fronts and small cupboard doors (left)
Spanish Renaissance pine cupboard with simple architectural features and geometrical mouldings on the folding wood card table with claw feet panels (right)
supports. Velvet upholstery was popular, and was enriched by ornamental brass studding and gold fringe or braid. Cupboards assumed architectural proportions and were often finely carved, even if sometimes more
simply than in other countries.
Portugal, which had been an independent kingdom since the antique german baroque trunk twelfth century, also produced fine furniture in similar styles. After the french rococo desk discovery of the antique furniture lion head 3 legs paws marble top- route to India via the reproduction sabino 14 vase Cape by Vasco da Gama (1497-1499) and the german neoclassical furniture
consequent opening up of trading posts in the georgian wing yorkshire chair East, Portuguese furniture displayed marked Oriental influences especially in the queen anne tableware gold coating inlay-work. Some pieces were made of a red-brown wood which served to accentuate the antique mahogany roll top desk effect of the table plates from 17 century inlay-work.
This oak inlaid writing desk of about 1590 illustrates how primitive English marquetry-work was in the bureau or slant top desk is from england and dates from around 1800. 16th century. The desk is in the italian renaissance hand carved draw leaf dining room table with blackamoor Victoria and Albert Museum
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