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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Cadeiras D. José, Séc. XVIII

Cadeiras D. José, Séc. XVIII

pau santo / bursera graveolens (rosewood)
A309, A310
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Exquisite rosewood chairs with “violoné” framed rounded cornered backs, arched carved top rail and central upholstered fiddle shaped back splat. Undulating and indented front and side seat rails framing trapezoidal shaped drop-in seats. Pronounced carved knees and cabriole front legs ending in scroll feet and back curving uprights.

Framed back splat of pronounced inner curve on joining the seat rail. Apron and top rail carved in delicate and detailed Rocaille scrolls and vegetal motifs of great accomplishment and virtuosity. Legs joined by H shaped undulating stretchers ending in large scroll feet. Additional turned stretcher joining the back uprights.

The vibrant and controlled quality of the carving and the sophistication and studied proportion of the design define the exceptional quality of these chairs that represent the essence of the D. José period furniture in the extraordinary movement and flamboyance of the Rocaille lines carved out by the Portuguese furniture makers from hard, prime quality Brazilian rosewood timber.



Belíssimas cadeiras D. José em pau-santo, com espaldares do tipo violoné, moldurado, de lados reentrantes e cantos arredondados, com cachaço entalhado. Tabela central, recortada, vazada e estofada. Assento trapezoidal, com frente e ilhargas onduladas e recortadas; pernas dianteiras curvas, terminando em pés de enrolamento e traseiras recuadas.

Espaldar decorado com moldurado de profundidade gradualmente acentuado à medida que se aproxima do assento. Cachaços e saiais frontais decorados com motivos rocaille finamente entalhados, com volutas e enrolamentos vegetalistas estilizados. Cintura e pernas percorridas por friso moldurado terminado em enrolamentos nos pés dianteiros. Joelhos entalhados, com galbo pronunciado, salientando-se logo após a linha da cintura, afilando e terminando no pé. Pés rematados com motivo rocaille. Pernas ligadas por travessas em forma de “H” estilizado e recortado e pernas anteriores por travejamento.

Destacamos a qualidade da talha, executada com mestria e arte, resultando em composições de qualidade plástica vibrante e plenas de movimento, assim como a forma das cadeiras, de excepcional equilíbrio e desenho. Constituem, sem dúvida, uma belíssima síntese da essência do estilo D. José, tanto no lançamento sinuoso das linhas mestras que transformam a matéria rígida do pau-santo, em algo de grande leveza e suavidade, bem como no carácter vivo e plástico da talha.

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