THREE DOOR LOUIS XV STYLE GLASS CABINET , MAHOGANY WOOD, 19TH CENTURY.

Louis XV style mahogany wood display case, 19th century. Three-door display case with glass shelves that rest on cabriole legs with a scroll outwards and on a stopper. The doors close with a key and have panels with paintings and moldings in combination with frisage in another lighter wood. The entire surface of the furniture is decorated with plant motifs, and an angel's head finishes the central body of the display case, wider and higher than the sides. The plant elements that decorate the entire surface of the display case, focusing on the upper and lower ends of it, respond to the characteristics of the Rococo style. The curved shapes of these rockeries stand out, which extend into the doors of the furniture to provide movement, combining asymmetrical elements with other symmetrical ones. The only decorative hardware it presents are the lock shields on the three doors and the hinges, in gilded metal. Although the normal thing in French furniture is the combination with more decorative elements in bronze, it is not particularly strange to find examples in which the only decoration is carved wood and some frisage work. Yes, a perfect union between structure and decoration can be seen here. The painted scenes that decorate the side doors are children and a harp on one and a woman with a Cupid on the other. Technically, they are reminiscent of the plates made with the so-called “Vernis Martin” that was usually applied to furniture at the time. They show inconsequential themes, appropriate for interior decoration and that perfectly fulfilled their role of providing delicacy and color to the furniture, in addition to being able to be framed within the Galante Painting, characteristic of the Rococo. All the decorative elements of the furniture have been made in the Rococo style, also known as Louis XV (1710-1774) because it was during his government that these forms were adopted in France. In the 19th century, as happened with others, numerous pieces were made taking as inspiration what was created in the 18th century and providing a series of peculiarities typical of the time such as, in this case, the abundance of decorative moldings with seed beads and the striking movement of the lines that mark the lower and upper areas of the display case.

· Size: 250x65x292 cms.