Antique Black Lacquered Marquetry Cocktail Cabinet on Stand 20th C

A fabulous vintage polychromed black lacquered and marquetry inlaid cocktail cabinet-on-stand, circa 1930 in date.

The two-door cabinet is decorated in the Chinoiserie taste with fabulous floral marquetry inlaid double doors, ornate brass fittings and hinges, interior glass shelf and mirror back, open stand with gilded decoration and cabriole legs, The cabinet is raised on elegant cabriole legs that terminate in pad feet and is complete with working lock and key.

Add some pizzazz to you home with this amazing cocktail cabinet.

Condition

This unique cabinet is in excellent condition and has been well cared for. Please see photographs to confirm condition.

Dimensions in cm:

Height 163 cm x Width 118 cm x Depth 50 cm

Dimensions in inches:

Height 5 foot, 4 inches x Width 3 foot, 10 inches x Depth 1 foot, 8 inches

Marquetry

is decorative artistry where pieces of material 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 brass with pewter in arabesque or intricately foliate designs.

Our reference: A5440