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Baroque Style Boulle and Gilt Bronze-Mounted Vargueno
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$17,950. for the top Vargueno Cabinet.
item #686146
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Antique Baroque Style Inlaid Walnut, Boulle and Gilt Bronze-Mounted Vargeno, the upper case in a breakfront style with a central portico opening to a fitted interior and flanked by three drawers, with ball and claw feet. Top Cabinet measurments are: H:28 1/4" W:45 1/4" D:16" It is resting on a base with two drawers and a carved front, square legs joined by stretchers, tenon construction, the price of the lower 2 drawer table is: $7,500 (Height of lower table: 33" Width of lower table:60" Depth of lower table: 18 3/4"). The Vargueño (also Bargueño) a wooden cabinet is a decorative chest, desk and this Decorative Walnut inlaid with Gilt Bronze Mounts to adorn the central portico and opening to a fitted interior, which was used for holding jewels, documents which first appeared in Europe in the late Middle Ages. Other uses for the vargueño was sometimes used for sewing or as a jewel chest instead of solely for reading and writing and storing the necessary implements for these activities. The vargueño was considered to be a portable desk which resembles the top half of a fall front desk. It is basically a chest with its lid on the side, and an interior equipped with a good quantity of small drawers and pigeon holes. There was usually a very sturdy iron handle on each side of the Vargueno, to make transport relatively easy for two strong servants. A vargueno could be set down on any solid table and sometimes you would see examples of supports made for these pieces.Vargueños first appeared in the 15th and were popular all through the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. After a lull in the 19th century, they became again popular as antiques in the 20th. Historically the Varguenos were very common especially during the Spanish Renaissance. They are a hinged fall front piece used for storing valuables like jewels and or important papers and documents and sometimes used as a desk. It became in vogue starting in the 15th century it was prestigious for someone to know how to read, if they could read and having a Vargueno in your home would be implying literacy and education. As illustrated in this piece the doors and drawers are heavily decorated with bronze mounts and marquetry. Located just 3 minutes south of Santa Barbara in an antique community, the store Lifestyle Antiques specializes in Italian , French and Spanish Furnishings and Decorative Arts. The elegant collection is located in the heart of Summerland, California, and offers the finest high-end European Antiques, Decorative Arts, and Home Furnishings on the South Coast. We feature a rich collection which varies from Murano lamps, decorative pillows, Chandeliers, Mirrors and a fine selection of antique home furnishings. For your convenience you may shop on line: www.lifestyleantiques.com .
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