Luxury ‘600 Tuscan style inlaid office desk in walnut with 7 drawers

Luxury ‘600 Tuscan style inlaid office desk in walnut with 7 drawers. The inlays and the solid line are typical of Luigi XIV period, late Middle Ages. The furniture is perfect for offices of professionals and private homes.

Model Description

Model Structure

Centre room inlaid desk in rare walnut, with 7 drawers in the front, whereas the sides, the desktop, the back and the drawers are finely inlaid. The furniture lays on the floor thanks to a skirting which surrounds all the furniture's perimeter. The choice of woods and the shape of accessories are typical of Luigi XIV, late Middle Ages.

Raw Material

All the desk's frame and the bands surrounding the desktop are made of precious walnut wood, the inlaid elements in herring bone are veneered in walnut (veneering with a thickness of 4 mm). The inside of the drawers is made of lime wood, compact and without knots. The Tuscan 17th-century handles are handmade of bronze poured.

Manufacture

The structure of the frame (the middle section with drawers) is assembled with solid mortise and tenon joints, used since 15th Tuscan century, the sides and the back are processed with a framework and have central panelings surrounded by a "U" shaped profile, inlaid in herringbone style with flamed walnut and embellished by an inlaid thread in white maple and rosewood, as well as the 7 drawers and the desktop. The back of the desk is richly inlaid with lateral pillars with fountains made of maple and the central panelling inlaid with a geometric pattern in ebony (exotic wood). The lower part has a skirting topped by a double moulded cornice along all the furniture's silhouette. The drawers are linked together by dovetail joints and diamond wood processing. The desk is polished with the techniques in vogue during the 17-th century, hand-antiqued with transparent shellac and final protection with virgin beeswax; the coating with natural powder clays gives to the furniture an old and worn look. The oval shape of the handles is the same as the original '600 Tuscan style inlaid office desk in walnut with 7 drawers, that is lost-wax casting, and they are hand-chiseled and polished by a soft cotton cloth.

Size of the model in the picture

The centre room desk in rare walnut is available in 2 sizes 160x75x78h. – 180x80x78h. and it is customizable for sizes, type of woods, polishing and handles.

Model History

Century of use

The original 17th-century Tuscan style inlaid office desk in walnut with 7 drawers dates back to the 17th century, 600 1Tuscan style late Luigi XIV Middle Ages.

Historical notes and mobile curiosities

Visiting the amazing Villa Medicea di Cafaggiolo, in Barberino di Mugello (north of Firenze), we noticed the original desk, which was in the hall of the office. According to our studies, the original desk was commissioned by the noble Hapsburg Lorena family who lived in the during the summer holidays. We have been impressed by the shape of the desk, the original handmade inlays and the sophisticatd cornices, so we decided to make a faithful reproduction in order to give our exigent and demanding customers another unique product, which is now strongly requested. The result is this wonderful 1'600 Tuscan style inlaid office desk in walnut with 7 drawers, real 100% luxury Made in Italy.