Round bedside table in Louis XIV style inlaid in walnut briar root with 3 drawers, and 3 gilded legs hand carved in the shape of a swan.

Cylinder bedside cabinet with 3 drawers veneered and inlaid in noble walnut wood and walnut briar root, with 3 legs in solid walnut representing 3 swans, carved and inlaid by hand, gilded in gold leaf and put on a veneered and inlaid support.

Model Description

Model Structure

The cylinder cabinet has 3 drawers. The top and the stem are of solid spruce assembled with vertical slats with an outer covering of 4 mm. in noble walnut wood and Ferrarese walnut briar root. The luxurious cabinet is enriched by a maple inlaid thread. The 3 support legs are carved by hand in solid walnut and represent 3 gilded swans, resting on a slab base with 3 "spokes".

Raw Material

The structure is made of solid spruce wood and the external part is covered by noble walnut wood and Ferrarese walnut briar root, interspersed with a refined inlaid thread made of white maple. The supporting legs are of solid walnut, the knobs are of cast bronze on the ground mold.

Manufacture

The complicated construction of this bedside table can be considered among the best examples of handcrafted reproduction of the late eighteenth-century Venetian baroque. Assembled with slats using the same methods used in the 18th century Venetian shops, the bedside table is completely handmade, both in the inlays on 4 mm slabs, and in the shellac and wick polishing with twenty-two steps according to the Farsetti method, which highlights the chromaticity of walnut and root. The legs are hand carved in the shape of a swan and gilded in gold leaf.

Size of the model in the picture

The round cabinet is made in the dimensions Ø 40x79h. It is handmade and customizable for dimension and finishing.It was also realized with not gilded legs.

Model History

Century of use

Reproduced from the original piece in the classical Venetian Louis XIV style, the original artifact dates back to the early 1700s and is located in the beautiful Palazzo Grimani in Venice.

Historical notes and mobile curiosities

The museum of Palazzo Grimani asked us to reproduce a copy of two prestigious round pieces placed in the hall of the Doge Antonio. Having worked for this important Venetian museum fills us with pride and great is the satisfaction of having reproduced these artifacts keeping alive the typical venetian craft work of the eighteenth century.