vintage pair giltwood half moon marquetry console tables 20th c

This is an exquisite pair of Sheraton Revival giltwood half moon console tables with elaborate marquetry inlaid decoration dating from the late 20th Century.

Sheraton is a style of English furniture that originated around 1800. This style is characterised by simple designs, straight lines, thin legs, and classical ornamentation.The tables are semi-circular in shape and the tops are of burr walnut that have been beautifully decorated with a fabulous marquetry of various exotic floral veneers, with fleur de lys, swirls and bows, to provide an aesthetically pleasing finish.The frieze and legs are of hand carved giltwood.Condition:In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned polished and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.Dimensions in cm:Height 83 x Width 114 x Depth 52Dimensions in inches:Height 2 foot, 9 inches x Width 3 foot, 9 inches x Depth 1 foot, 8 inches
Our reference: 05769
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.

Antiques.co.uk Ref: WX9UQ7MMC

Width (cm):

114

Height (cm):

83

Depth (cm):

52

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