This is a beautiful antique late Victorian Sheraton revival satin wood bureau, circa 1890 in date and hand painted in the manner of Angelica Kauffman.
It has been made from the finest satin wood with Gonçalo Alves banding.
The central fall features a beautiful hand painted panel of a musician serenading an elegant lady framed with garlands.
The bureau interior has its original pull-out writing surface fitted with a gold tooled inset leather. The interior with two small drawers and pigeon holes above three half width drawers on one side, and a half width drawer over a panel door on the other. The desk is fitted with the original and beautiful circuloar and embossed brass knob handles.
The bureau is equipped with its original working locks and keys.
It is ready to grace one of the rooms in your home.
Condition:
In really excellent condition having only been beautifully cleaned, polished and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirm
...ation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 99.5 cm x Width 76.5 cm x Depth 50 cm
Dimensions in inches:
Height 3 foot, 3 inches x Width 2 foot, 6 inches x Depth 1 foot, 8 inches
Angelica Kauffman, RA (1741 - 1807)
was a Swiss-born Austrian Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. Though born as ''Kauffmann'', Kauffman is the preferred spelling of her name in English; it is the form she herself used most in signing her correspondence, documents and paintings.
While Kauffman produced many types of art, she identified herself primarily as a history painter, an unusual designation for a woman artist in the 18th century. History painting, was considered the most elite and lucrative category in academic painting during this time period. Under the direction of Sir Joshua Reynolds, the Royal Academy made a strong effort to promote history painting to a native audience who were more interested in commissioning and buying portraits and landscapes.
Despite the popularity that Kauffman enjoyed in British society and her success as an artist, she was disappointed by the relative apathy that the British had towards history painting. Ultimately she left Britain for the continent, where history painting was better established, held in higher esteem and patronized.
The works of Angelica Kauffman have retained their reputation. By 1911, rooms decorated with her work were still to be seen in various quarters. At Hampton Court was a portrait of the duchess of Brunswick; in the National Portrait Gallery, a self-portrait. There were other pictures by her at Paris, at Dresden, in the Hermitage at St Petersburg, in the Alte Pinakothek at Munich, in Kadriorg Palace, Tallinn (Estonia).
Satin wood
is a hard and durable wood with a satinlike sheen, much used in cabinetmaking, especially in marquetry. It comes from two tropical trees of the family Rutaceae (rue family). East Indian or Ceylon satin wood is the yellowish or dark-brown heartwood of Chloroxylon swietenia.
The lustrous, fine-grained, usually figured wood is used for furniture, cabinetwork, veneers, and backs of brushes. West Indian satin wood, sometimes called yellow wood, is considered superior. It is the golden yellow, lustrous, even-grained wood found in the Florida Keys and the West Indies.
It has long been valued for furniture. It is also used for musical instruments, veneers, and other purposes. Satin wood is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Sapindales, family Rutaceae.
Our reference: A5001
Internal Reference: A5001
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1204242
Dateline of this antique is 1890
Height is 99.5cm (39.2inches)Width is 76.5cm (30.1inches)Depth is 50cm (19.7inches)
Thank you.
Your comment has been sent to Sellingantiques.