Charming low Louis XIV walnut buffet, 1st half of the 18th century.
a small commissioned or religious community buffet as one could find at the hospices of Beaune for example.
It is sober and has an opening by two molded mitered doors whose central panel is carved with a hexagon with double bands presented in a square motif.
The top is sober and in very good condition, composed of two walnut boards, with a nice profile on the edge.
The sides are soberly worked with a band with a rectangular chamfered molding.
It is decorated with a low molding with a nice profile.
It rests on two loaf feet at the front and its rear uprights end with square feet, both of which have been grafted on approximately 4 and 3 cm.
All the backs are original.
No attack of wood-eating insects but a preventive treatment with xylophene was carried out in the workshop.
very beautiful blond patina of the walnut.
no restoration to sign apart from the grafts of the ends of the rear feet. original fittings, the lock was changed in the 19th century and works with its key.
two shelves inside redone in the 20th century, possibilities of leaving only one.
a rare small walnut buffet very well preserved and easy to place: entrance, bedroom, living room, dining room, it can be easily placed anywhere and its proportions allow it to be placed everywhere. a Louis XIV community buffet in superb walnut.
dimensions:
86 cm long by 41 cm wide and 71 cm high.
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