Fitting

We distinguish between purpose-built fittings such as hinges or furniture handles and decorative fittings such as keyhole surrounds and sabots.

We distinguish between purpose-built fittings such as hinges or furniture handles and decorative fittings such as keyhole surrounds and sabots.

The term "baroque" derives from the French "baroque" and literally means as much as crooked, irregular and strange, but also turgid or ridiculous.

The term "rococo" is derived from the term "rocaille", a shell-shaped, usually asymmetrical decorative element. Rococo as a style refers to the late phase of the Baroque and covers roughly the period from 1730-1770. Baroque and Rococo existed partly in parallel, whereby the Rococo developed out of the Baroque.

We distinguish between purpose-built fittings such as hinges or furniture handles and decorative fittings such as keyhole surrounds and sabots.

We distinguish between purpose-built fittings such as hinges or furniture handles and decorative fittings such as keyhole surrounds and sabots.

We distinguish between purpose-built fittings such as hinges or furniture handles and decorative fittings such as keyhole surrounds and sabots.

We distinguish between purpose-built fittings such as hinges or furniture handles and decorative fittings such as keyhole surrounds and sabots.

An ornamental band is a vertical or horizontal row of ornaments.

We distinguish between purpose-built fittings such as hinges or furniture handles and decorative fittings such as keyhole surrounds and sabots.

In Biedermeier furniture making, attention is paid to straight lines and a strictly cubist design style. Carefully selected and mirrored veneers now provide the design of the surface. Sparingly placed columns and recessed key plates made of ebony loosen up the flatness.

Inlay is the term we use to describe work in which, unlike marquetry, material is taken out of a solid piece of wood. Then the inlays are inserted.

We distinguish between purpose-built fittings such as hinges or furniture handles and decorative fittings such as keyhole surrounds and sabots.

Ivory was used as a contrast to dark woods as inlay or marquetry. It has always been considered particularly precious and noble.

Mother-of-pearl was used in antique furniture as marquetry or inlay work. We also find this nobly shimmering material on furniture handles and as key plates.

We distinguish between purpose-built fittings such as hinges or furniture handles and decorative fittings such as keyhole surrounds and sabots.