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Early 19C French Empire Armoire Wine Cabinet

Offered by: Rockwell Antiques Dallas

Description
PRESENTING A SIMPLY GORGEOUS Early 19C French Empire Armoire Wine Cabinet.

This is an early 19th Century, French empire style or Napoleon I, Armoire made with the most stunning butterflied burl Walnut veneers, which we have converted into a wine cabinet or bodega.

The Armoire is from circa 1820 and has a convex (curved) front with side ebonized pillars and pelmet. The fittings/ormolu mounts are all original.

It has a stunning natural butterflied walnut patina.

It is of gorgeous neat proportions.

The Armoire now opens to reveal a series of wine racks and makes a gorgeous wine cabinet holding up to 64 bottles.

THIS IS A REAL CONVERSATION PIECE !

It has been featured on various Wine Collector and Connoisseur Blogs !!

It was our idea to convert a simple wardrobe/armoire into a wine cabinet/bodega and we have personally used it for years. We could have sold this piece a hundred times over, as everyone that sees it, falls in love with it …… but we are only now ready to sell !

This piece simply proves that antiques are made to be used and can be functional as well as beautiful !

DO NOT MISS OUT ON THIS UNIQUE PIECE !

Condition: Good condition for age. Minor repairs over the last 200 years but nothing significant. Doors ‘creak’ a little and do not close fully ‘flush’ (Slight gap at top). Back panel (to the rear and not visible from front) a replacement. Central door molding a recent replacement. Recently re-gilded with gold leaf. Original lock needs servicing. No key (key in photos is for decoration/display only).

FRENCH EMPIRE STYLE: The Empire style, French pronunciation: [ɑ̃.piːʁ],the second phase of Romanticism, is an early-nineteenth-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts that flourished between 1800 and 1815 during the Consulate and the First French Empire periods, although its life span lasted until the late 1820s (or more depending on each country). From France it spread into much of Europe and the United States.

The style originated in and takes its name from the rule of Napoleon I in the First French Empire, when it was intended to idealize Napoleon’s leadership and the French state. The style corresponds in that intent to the Biedermeier style in the German-speaking lands, Federal style in the United States, and the Regency style in Britain. The previous style in France was called Louis XVI style.

More Information

Origin:	France
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	walnut, ebony and ormolu
Condition:	Good. See full listing.
Creation Date:	1820
Styles / Movements:	Traditional, Napoleon
Incollect Reference #:	594444