Vienna, circa 1810-15. Rare and graceful small cabinet / bar, also as a bedside table or service cabinet, from the first Viennese empire.

Vienna, circa 1810-15. Rare and graceful small cabinet / bar, also as a bedside table or service cabinet, from the first Viennese empire in transition with the first Biedermeier style, with a warm original patina. Veneered in high-quality burr walnut. Small columns and refined cymatium with spheres outlining the ebonized edge, typical of Viennese cabinet making of the period. In first, warm patina, consolidated and expertly restored with shellac finish applied with a pad using a museum-standard technique. Small door that opens on the front. Patina, signs of wear and old restoration interventions corresponding to the antiquity. With a masterful shellac finish applied with a pad using a museum-standard technique. Measurements cm. 52 wide, cm. 42 deep, and cm 100 high. Original hardware, working lock. Practical, luxurious and elegant piece of furniture with exquisite dimensions. Perfect for a luxurious modern apartment, even in a modern furnishing context for a set of refined elegance. The master cabinetmakers of the Biedermeier period knew the places where the best trees grew and kept the secret. To obtain veneers with ventures of such beauty, they also knew the best points of the tree and cut the parts with great skill, obtaining wood effects that constitute the particular attraction of true Biedermeier furniture and represent a uniqueness and excellence in the world of high antique furniture of all eras. According to the provisions of the New Code of Cultural Heritage, the selling company provides, simultaneously with the sale, detailed written photographic guarantee of originality and provenance of the works sold. The data with which the works are described and then contained in the written guarantees are expressed determinations resulting from accurate and documented technical / historical / artistic investigations, including expert surveys. Recognize the true Viennese Biedermeier of the first phase of the period, distinguishing it from late or Northern European imitations! Read the history of this elegant and sober style and learn to evaluate Viennese masterpieces of all time by designers from 1815 to 1830! Click on the link at the bottom of the page to read an unprecedented synthetic practical guide unique in Italy, with links and virtual visits to museums and galleries in Vienna.