TABLE FOR SPANISH WRITTING DESK (BARGUEÑO) WITH “SAINT ANTHONY” LEGS. WOOD AND “PALOSANTO”, WROUGHT IRON FASTENERS. SPAIN, 18TH CENTURY.
Antiques - Furniture
Reference: Z4858
Bargueñera table with “San Antonio” leg. Wood and rosewood, wrought iron fasteners. Spain, 18th century. Rectangular table top decorated with simplified geometric motifs combining woods of different colours in a symmetrical arrangement. Two straight legs, open downwards and joined with a jamb, have been secured by two curved fasteners with a disc in the centre made of forged metal in a coloured finish. clear. While the curves of the fasteners and discs may recall examples from the Baroque, the simple geometric decoration of the upper board, the absence of movement and the straight lines of the legs, of the typology known as “San Antonio” (which also (found in examples from the 17th century), suggest the 18th century, already under the influence of Neoclassicism. Compare, for example, with the magnificent example of a dining table from the Royal Workshops dating from the second third of this century and preserved in National Heritage. Typically, this type of table, made to support desks, whether Spanish or Italian, had smooth tops without any type of marquetry because they would hardly be visible with the furniture and only the two iron fasteners would remain on the front. that this example has or, alternatively, that they were dressed with rich fabrics to highlight the wastepaper baskets, leaving little more than the legs in sight. They were works made for high-class homes just like these desks, so only outstanding private collections and important museums preserve similar examples: one in the Sorolla (inventory 30023) in Madrid has a board with pyrographed white resin plates with mythological scenes, another from the 17th century in the National Museum of Decorative Arts (CE02068) with geometric motifs in marquetry, or Another one very similar to the one present in the Daroca Regional Museum (00038) but of contemporary date, made inspired by law firms like the present one.
· Size: 176x70x79 cms.
3.800 €
