French Second Renaissance red walnut cabinet

ORIGIN : LANGUEDOC, TOULOUSE WORKWSHOPS, FRANCE
PERIOD : CIRCA 1580-1600, SECOND RENAISSANCE

Upper Body
Height : 82 cm
Width: 127 cm
Depth : 58.5 cm

Lower Body
Height : 80 cm
Width : 128 cm
Depth : 57 cm

Overall height : 162 cm

Red walnut wood
Original locks and keys

This rare cabinet from the Second Renaissance, richly carved is in an excellent state of conservation. It consists of two bodies of equal depth, showing four doors and two drawers on the belt. The cabinet is finely carved on a mannerist style, ornate with pomegranate patterns and arabesques.

The ornamentation is centred on the facade, imposing a frontal view. The variety of patterns as the scrollwork, foliage, leafs, arabesque, laurel wreath are coming for a large part, from Italy.

Distinguishing itself from the First Renaissance, that was showing most of the time grotesques and face portraits medallions, we can here enjoy the abundance of all the floral patterns array.

With its classical architectural proportions, this nice cabinet offers a particularly pure and seductive vegetal ornamentation.