Antique Demi-Lune Console with Pillar Mirror

Dimensions: H x W x D: 234 x 88 x 51 cm
Single height console: 78 cm, Single height mirror: 156 cm

Description:
Splendid trumeau furniture from the early 19th century.

The base consists of a wide plinth drawer, the cabinet section above it with a cambered door and another wide drawer above under the top panel.
The highlight is the two massive columns that connect the body sections above and below the demi-lune cabinet.

Loosely attached to the wall in your home, we see a large mirror with an oval mirror surface.
A multiple profiled and cranked cornice finishes off the top.

Fine and very beautifully worked out fittings in the form of swans, urn vases and Corinthian capitals.

On the back is an old owner's label: Emmy Kayser from Hamburg.

Precious cubamahogany in combination with fire-gilded bronze enjoyed great popularity both in the French Empire and in the furniture styles of Europe that developed parallel to it.
Starting from the courts in Paris, St. Petersburg and Vienna, the fashion soon spread to the German aristocratic residences. This piece of furniture is a good example of the similar formal language of Empire and Biedermeier.

In all epochs without modern forms of lighting, mirrors not only had the purpose of showing people their reflection in a mirror, but above all had the task of intensifying the sparse light in the room. The production of glass in general and mirrors in particular was not only complex and expensive, it was also technically impossible for a long time to produce large glass surfaces.
Windows in the house always also meant heat loss - another reason for small windows and thus rather dark rooms.

Condition:
Restored and shellac polished condition. Wonderful preservation of the applications.

Price: 4300,- €