Mallorcan dresser Carlos IV. Mallorca, 18th century. Walnut wood and lemongrass marquetry. Keyholes and handles in silver. With keys.

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  Mallorcan dresser Carlos IV. Mallorca, 18th century. Walnut wood and lemongrass marquetry. Keyholes and handles in silver. With keys. Measurements: 96 x 133 x 61 cm. Majorcan chest of drawers from the Charles IV period, fully neoclassical style, entirely made up of clean and well-proportioned lines, without volumes in relief that interrupt its smooth surface. Raised on truncated conical feet, its front has longitudinal drawers of flat finish, decorated with marquetry of classic procedure with geometric type flat moldings, with parallel veining. The handles, on both sides, have the circular design typical of Charles IV furniture. This front structure is conceived as a façade, with each of its parts perfectly differentiated, and is flanked by fluted pilasters. The lateral bodies continue the same architectural decoration, presenting almond-shaped pavilions containing classical landscapes worked in marquetry on the inside, a typical resource of 18th century furniture that denotes the technical skill of the cabinetmakers who worked in Mallorca. The upper envelope is presided over by an almond-shaped pavilion, larger than those of the lateral bodies, of great decorativism. Charles IV furniture is Spanish neoclassical, although this language began to develop in the time of his predecessor, Charles III. However, neoclassicism in our country will always be closely linked to the figure of Charles IV, since his youth as Prince of Asturias. Specifically, the Carlos IV chest of drawers will have some main characteristics that will be repeated in almost all the examples: simple drawers decorated with marquetry, wooden top with motifs worked in the same technique, matching the rest of the furniture; silver or light metal fittings, absence of metal applications in relief, metoped frieze at the waist, importance of geometry at the structural and ornamental level and, finally, the combination of geometric compositions with the search for contrast by combining light and dark woods.
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