THE FURNISHING: The period of transition in furnishing (Louis XV - Louis XVI)



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A chair of the transition period with the back shaped as a shield. The rounded, engraved legs are the introduction into the Louis XVI style.

Author: Delanois.


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Commode.

A commode with the typical shaped legs of the Louis XV period while the geometrical frames as well as the circular handles, are in Louis XVI style.


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Commode. The Castello Sforzesco, Milan.

Author: Giuseppe Maggiolini (1738-1814) Parabiago (Mi).
One of the most famous cabinet-makers in Europe. (Louis XVI).

This exceptional commode of 1763-64 (death of Madame Pompadour) shows the details of both Louis XV and Louis XVI styles: it is so perfect that any comment is useless.


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Commode. Paris, Musée Carnavalet.

Author: Louis-Noël Malle (1734-1782)


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An engraved chair made of golden wood. Musée National des Chateaux de Versailles et de Trianon (National Museum of Versailles Castle and the Trianon). (1770 circa).

Author: Foliot Nicolas Qunibert (1706-1776)


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Commode. Rome, Conte Leonardo Vitetti.

Author: Foullet Pierre Antoine


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An armchair in Louis XVI style made of engraved, golden wood, Paris (1770 circa).

Author: Jean Baptiste Gourdin


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Chest of drawers (1760).

Author: Jean François Oeben
Dimensions: h. 91 w. 140,6 d. 46 cm.

Siamo in pieno periodo transizione.
La linea é ancora di stile Luigi XV, le maniglierie sono neoclassiche gli intarsi a mosaico, con i cubi disposti a diamante, si vedranno in molti mobili successivi, nel periodo Luigi XVI.

 

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