Easel - Stained wood
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Italian antique display easel from the 19th century incorporating older elements, made of solid mahogany wood in Baroque style, 73 cm high by 52 cm wide, in good condition with minor signs of age and stains.
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Elegant and imposing 19th-century display easel (large lectern) made of solid mahogany, finely carved and pierced. Suggestive and scenographic, it stands out for a sumptuous openwork structure. The upper crest is centered by a large, deep headpiece carved in the shape of a stylized shell, from which extend the two side uprights, completely pierced and endowed with broad clusters of acanthus leaves and volute curls. The central rectangular-section shaft shows, with a patina, the reddish-grained characteristics of the underlying mahogany and houses the movable support slider, height-adjustable and enriched by a massive locking element carved as a circular beaded rosette. On the back, stability is guaranteed by the original goat-foot base, connected to the shaft by an era brass security chain with tight links. The nobility of the wood chosen and the fluidity of the vegetal elements make it a refined example of high-era parlor cabinet-making, intended for the scenographic display of paintings or prints of value Antique easel for paintings and pictures in mahogany wood from the 19th century.
Code. 300
Notable dimensions:
Height 73 cm.
Width 52 cm.
It will be shipped carefully packed and insured.
NB. As these are antique objects, there may be cracks, stains, small missing parts, signs of age, etc. Please review the photos carefully.
Elegant and imposing 19th-century display easel (large lectern) made of solid mahogany, finely carved and pierced. Suggestive and scenographic, it stands out for a sumptuous openwork structure. The upper crest is centered by a large, deep headpiece carved in the shape of a stylized shell, from which extend the two side uprights, completely pierced and endowed with broad clusters of acanthus leaves and volute curls. The central rectangular-section shaft shows, with a patina, the reddish-grained characteristics of the underlying mahogany and houses the movable support slider, height-adjustable and enriched by a massive locking element carved as a circular beaded rosette. On the back, stability is guaranteed by the original goat-foot base, connected to the shaft by an era brass security chain with tight links. The nobility of the wood chosen and the fluidity of the vegetal elements make it a refined example of high-era parlor cabinet-making, intended for the scenographic display of paintings or prints of value Antique easel for paintings and pictures in mahogany wood from the 19th century.
Code. 300
Notable dimensions:
Height 73 cm.
Width 52 cm.
It will be shipped carefully packed and insured.
NB. As these are antique objects, there may be cracks, stains, small missing parts, signs of age, etc. Please review the photos carefully.
Details
Era
1400-1900
Style subtype
Baroque style
Wood type
Stained wood
Over 200 years old
Yes
Country of origin
Italy
Material
Wood
Style
Antique
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes
External height
73 cm
External width
52 cm
Internal height
0 cm
Internal width
0 cm
Estimated period
19th century incorporating older elements
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