{"id":7824,"date":"2021-05-22T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gabrielle-laroche.com\/?post_type=product&p=7824"},"modified":"2024-02-09T12:30:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T11:30:03","slug":"small-renaissance-cabinet-from-lyon","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.gabrielle-laroche.com\/en\/product\/small-renaissance-cabinet-from-lyon\/","title":{"rendered":"SMALL RENAISSANCE CABINET FROM LYON"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Furniture originating from Lyon during the Second French Renaissance (1540-1590) is characterised by its structure as well as its ornamentation, both granting it a specific identity. Architecture is a major inspiration for furniture ; composition and proportions obey its rules. Cabinet-makers from Lyon adopt its principles of organisation and its rigour in the balance of masses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Furthermore the school of Lyon distinguishes itself through the use of ornaments taken from the graphic arts. Those decorative compositions comprise vermiculure<\/i>, scrolls and masks treated on surface thanks to flat spot carvings. Wood-carvers and sculptors borrow those methods from Lyon young printing industry or from textiles where plumes, palm leaves and vegetal scrolls appear associated with leather scrolls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Description<\/b><\/p>\n

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This cabinet presents a sober, strict and balanced composition. Made of two superimposed bodies standing on a protruding base supported by flat bun feet. The upper body does not show any recess but adopts the dimensions of the lower body giving the cabinet perfect balance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A protruding belt comprising two drawers divides the two bodies. The jambs and frames are ornate with foliage and grant the cabinet a ternary rhythm. Because of this, the composition appears as much horizontal as vertical.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This very elegant piece of furniture presents a beautiful vegetal decor divided symmetrically on the four door-leaves. The panels are animated by a network of nervous and vermiculated scrolls framing a winged putto mask. From those scrolls stem animal heads with pointed beaks. The four panels are bordered with a slightly moulded mitre-cut frame with small grooves. The lateral panels are left plain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The two drawers flank a mask carved over a drape motif while on each side are depicted winged putti heads. The drawers are enriched with interlacings and flowers. On the projected mouldings spread foliate friezes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A cornice tops the cabinet. The entablature is carved with long leaves and flowers flanked by winged putti heads.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This rare walnut cabinet with a beautiful patina is a fine example of Lyon productions during the second half of the 16th century, allying proportion harmony with beautiful low-relief carvings covering almost the entirety of the panels\u2019 surface. Incredible testimony of its place and time of creation this cabinet presents a unique character. The desire for rigour was undoubtedly the cabinet-makers keyword during the making of this astonishing piece.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Literature\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Jacqueline BOCCADOR, Le Mobilier fran\u00e7ais du Moyen Age \u00e0 la Renaissance<\/i>, \u00c9ditions d\u2019art Monelle Hayot, 1988<\/p>\n

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Jacques THIRION, Le Mobilier du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance en France<\/i>, Edition Faton, 1998<\/p>\n

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Ludmila VIRASSAMYNA\u00cfKEN (dir.), Arts et Humanisme, Lyon Renaissance<\/i>, Somogy \u00e9ditions d\u2019arts, Paris, 2015\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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SMALL RENAISSANCE CABINET FROM LYON<\/h4>\n

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ORIGIN: FRANCE, SCHOOL OF LYON<\/p>\n

PERIOD: 16th CENTURY<\/p>\n

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Height: 151 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

Length: 120 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

Depth: 54 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Walnut wood<\/p>\n

Good condition<\/p>\n

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