BOX HAS THE OLD 19th CENTURY PERIOD LOUIS PHILIPPE
Louis Philippe period tea box in rosewood and lemon tree.Two porcelain flasks from old Paris.27 / 12,8 / 14,5 CM Liqueur cellars or tea boxes are small masterpieces of meticulousness and ingenuity that have not always been perceived as simple decorative objects. At the end of the 18th century, the first liquor cellars made it possible to pass the time pleasantly during long carriage trips. In 1840 the nascent bourgeoisie, consumers to excess, discovering the joys of luxury and decoration, thanks to a very favorable environment and social, could not but favor the emergence of refined objects such as liquor cellars, tea box, cigar cellars. History would have it that it was George Sand who launched the fashion for it in the nineteenth century...It was under the Empire that the liquor cellars took off. Until the Restoration, the shapes were sober and rigorous and the mahogany boxes had small marquetry patterns. Amateurs bought them in the shops of the Royal Palace. Some craftsmen pushed refinement to the extreme, the most daring concentrated their efforts on the interior of the liquor cellars, provided with eight, twelve, sixteen or thirty-two square-section flasks, blown and gilded with most often two glasses. Crystal from Creusot, Saint-Louis, Clichy, Sèvres, Pantin or Baccarat molded, engraved, acid-worked, sandblasted, diamond-tipped, twisted, gilded with fine gold...The inventiveness was limitless!In the years 1835 / 1840 the fashion of colored crystal, imported from Bohemia, came to enrich the existing offer. The July monarchy and the advent of the great liberal bourgeoisie made it an inescapable object, to the point of becoming the typical wedding gift of the French family. Quickly the aristocratic and financial elite, at the origin of the multiplication of decorative objects, exploded the demand for liquor cellars. This rapid success led to a multiplication of models.The largest manufacturer in the 19th century was called Tahan; from 1844 to 1879 its manufactures supplied the Court, from 1845 the Royal Court, then Imperial from 1855.
Width 27 cm
Height 14.5 cm
Depth 12.8 cm
Louis Philippe period tea box in rosewood and lemon tree.Two porcelain flasks from old Paris.27 / 12,8 / 14,5 CM Liqueur cellars or tea boxes are small masterpieces of meticulousness and ingenuity that have not always been perceived as simple decorative objects. At the end of the 18th century, the first liquor cellars made it possible to pass the time pleasantly during long carriage trips. In 1840 the nascent bourgeoisie, consumers to excess, discovering the joys of luxury and decoration, thanks to a very favorable environment and social, could not but favor the emergence of refined objects such as liquor cellars, tea box, cigar cellars. History would have it that it was George Sand who launched the fashion for it in the nineteenth century...It was under the Empire that the liquor cellars took off. Until the Restoration, the shapes were sober and rigorous and the mahogany boxes had small marquetry patterns. Amateurs bought them in the shops of the Royal Palace. Some craftsmen pushed refinement to the extreme, the most daring concentrated their efforts on the interior of the liquor cellars, provided with eight, twelve, sixteen or thirty-two square-section flasks, blown and gilded with most often two glasses. Crystal from Creusot, Saint-Louis, Clichy, Sèvres, Pantin or Baccarat molded, engraved, acid-worked, sandblasted, diamond-tipped, twisted, gilded with fine gold...The inventiveness was limitless!In the years 1835 / 1840 the fashion of colored crystal, imported from Bohemia, came to enrich the existing offer. The July monarchy and the advent of the great liberal bourgeoisie made it an inescapable object, to the point of becoming the typical wedding gift of the French family. Quickly the aristocratic and financial elite, at the origin of the multiplication of decorative objects, exploded the demand for liquor cellars. This rapid success led to a multiplication of models.The largest manufacturer in the 19th century was called Tahan; from 1844 to 1879 its manufactures supplied the Court, from 1845 the Royal Court, then Imperial from 1855.
Width 27 cm
Height 14.5 cm
Depth 12.8 cm
Data sheet
- Width
- 27 cm / 10.6 in
- Depth
- 12.8 cm / 4.7 in
- Height
- 14.5 cm / 5.5 in
Specific References
Biography
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19th century style
This century does not have a unified style, we refer to it for convenience. Under the reigns of Louis XVIII (1814-1824) and Charles X (1824-1830), the Empire style remained in force. Some of the best pieces attributable to this so-called Restoration style belong to the domain of seats and tables. Typical are gondola seats, seats with reversed or concave backs, double scroll armrests and saber legs. Light tables with lyre-shaped or X-shaped bases generally have a pleasant design. When it comes to chests of drawers and other similar pieces, Empire shapes remain in force, heavy and massive. Added to mahogany, lighter woods, such as maple and lemon, were very popular. Marquetry itself was abandoned in favor of inlays; thus amaranth could bring a striking contrast to a light background and vice versa. This process largely replaced the practice of applying bronzes to furniture. To tell the truth, most of the inlays reproduce, simplified, the designs of the Empire bronzes. The so-called Charles X style survived the end of the reign of the monarch who gave it its name, deposed during the July Revolution (1830).
The reign of his successor, Louis Philippe (1830-1848), also of the House of Bourbons, saw a singular evolution of styles in which the Empire, the Gothic, the Renaissance and the Baroque Louis XIV were mixed with a predilection for Boulle marquetry. However, around 1840, perhaps even earlier, it was particularly the Louis unified style, but an interesting network of diverse imitations inspired by the cult devoted to France's past artisanal traditions.
The most interesting pieces reveal quality work, such as that of a Fourdinois who worked for Napoleon III and the elite of society. The Second Empire is characterized by furniture that is often very ostentatious and ornate, but also of astonishing variety and vitality. The desire for luxury is very clearly visible in the padded padding decorated with fringes which leave no trace of the wood of the frames. Late in the 19th century, a movement aimed at freeing furniture from the traditional styles of the past and creating a new style crystallized in Art Nouveau, proposing a new "naturalist" approach to art, with nature as its main source of inspiration.
Tea box antique Louis Philippe rosewood and lemon tree .Two bottles porcelain old Paris .27 / 12,8 / 14,5 cmLes cellars liqueurs, or tea tins are small masterpieces of thoroughness and ingenuity, which have not always been perceived as mere decorative objects . At the end of the 18 th century the first cellars liqueurs allowed to do to pass the time pleasantly during the long travel carriage . In 1840 the bourgeoisie emerging , consuming to excess , discovering the joys of luxury and the decoration , thanks to an environment and social very favorable , could not fail to encourage the emergence of refined objects such as cellars liqueurs , tea box , humidors . The story would be George Sand who threw the fashion in the Nineteenth century ...It is under the Empire that the cellars liqueurs flourished . Until the Restoration , the forms were simple and rigorous, and cabinets in mahogany, had small motifs in marquetry . The fans bought them in the shops of the Palais Royal . Some of the craftsmen pushed the refinement to the extreme , the most audacious concentrated their efforts on the interior of the cellars liqueurs , with eight , twelve , sixteen see thirty-two bottles of square cross-section , blown and gilded with the more often two glasses . Crystal le Creusot , Saint-Louis , Clichy , de Sèvres , de Pantin or Baccarat molded , engraved , worked on the acid , sandblasted , carved in diamond point , twisted , gold-plated finish...inventiveness was without limit !In the years 1835 /1840 fashion crystal color , imported from Bohemia , came to enrich the existing offer . The July monarchy and the advent of the great liberal bourgeoisie made it a subject of inescapable , to the point of coming to the wedding gift type of the French family . Quickly the aristocratic elite and financial , to the origin of the multiplication of objects of decoration , blew up the request of the cellars liqueurs . This rapid success led to a proliferation of models .The largest manufacturer in the 19th century was called Tahan ; from 1844 to 1879 its factories supplied the Court , from 1845 to the Royal Court , and Imperial from 1855 .
Width 27 cm
Height 14.5 cm
Depth 12.8 cm