Veneto Area, Louis XV
Pair of bedside tables
Walnut wood and veneer, cm 74 x 48 x 36
This pair of bedside tables can be linked to the production of the Veneto Area in the second half of the 18th century. The formal characteristics are those of the last flickers of the Louis XV style. The Louis XV style is a style of architecture and decorative arts that appeared during the reign of Louis XV. From about 1710 to 1730, a period known as the Regency, it was largely an extension of the Louis XIV style of his great-grandfather and predecessor, Louis XIV. From about 1730 to about 1750, it became more original, decorative, and exuberant, in what was known as the Rocaille style, under the influence of the king's mistress, Madame de Pompadour. It marked the beginning of the European Rococo movement. From 1750 until the king's death in 1774, it became more sober, orderly, and began to show the influences of neoclassicism.
Once the period defined as the Regency ended, the most imaginative style of all developed in France, then spreading to the rest of the continent. Already known at the time as Rocaille, or Rococo, which differs essentially from the Baroque in its lightness and in the search for asymmetry. Rococo, with its indulgence in whimsy and fantasy, was widely employed by French artisans from about 1720 to 1755-60. Imagination is the basis of this decorative style, in which rocks and shells, with flowers and foliage, provide the dominant theme. Contrast and asymmetry are its essential characteristics.
In the perfected or pure Louis XV style, dating from around 1750, Rococo was subdued and simplified, as the initial harshness and agitation of its sinuous curves gave way to a broader and calmer rhythm. Freed from the exaggerations of Rococo, the perfected Louis XV style involved a more moderate use of curved lines and less fanciful ornamentation. Already from the beginning of the Rococo era, there was always a current of protest against asymmetry and the lavish use of sinuous curves, as it was felt that they did not express the finest artistic instincts of the French, who were always inclined to moderation and restraint. When the discovery of Herculaneum and Pompeii was made, the overwhelming enthusiasm for antiquity gave rise to an evolution around 1755-60, which led from the Louis XV style to the neoclassical Louis XVI style, which was established before his actual coronation in 1774.
The item is in good condition.
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