Vienna, circa 1815. Rare and captivating bureau chest of drawers of the first and best Viennese Biedermeier, veneered in exquisite quality walnut feather.

Vienna, circa 1815. Rare and captivating bureau chest of drawers of the first and best Viennese Biedermeier, veneered in exquisite quality walnut feather, with splendid grains as typical of the high Viennese cabinet making of the period, when the masters obtained the precious essences by skillfully extracting them from trees that grew in particular points of the woods around Vienna, kept secret by them. The interiors, equipped with 4 small drawers for valuables and documents, are veneered in pear wood, which was first treated with a mixture of resin and shellac of still unknown composition to close the pores, then ebonized with smoke black and then polished with shellac (an exclusively and typically Viennese technique of the period). Work of practical integrity, wooden, in the hardware with functioning locks and also in the lacquers (something very rare because given the delicacy the parts worked in smoke black were, in the following centuries, almost always repainted (also for the works present today in museums). Consolidated, in first patina with signs of use and time corresponding to the antiquity, with masterful shellac finish applied with a pad with museum standard technique. Perfect, warm and bright furniture, also for the combination with high-end modern furniture for an exclusive and refined elegance. Measures cm.125x60x90 In accordance with 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 fruit of accurate and documented technical/historical/artistic investigations, even of expert assessment. 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 timeless Viennese masterpieces of the designers from 1815 to 1830! Click on the link at the bottom of the page to read an unpublished synthetic practical guide of our own, unique in Italy, with links and virtual visit to museums and galleries in Vienna.