Louis XV classic furniture between baroque and exotic charm. The Chinoiserie

Louis XV classic furniture: the charm of the Chinoiserie

It is starting from 1600 that the so called Chinoiserie become estabilished in Europe, becoming in the ‘700 one of the essential elements between the Louis XV classic furniture that furnish realms and luxury nobles palaces.
The taste for these furnishings of chinese inspiration is directly correlated to the growing interest for all that is exotic, to the charm of far worlds and cultures and therefore fantastic.
The refined taste of the classic chinese art, made of lacquerings and fine decorations, fascinate salso the european high nobility and, under the Kingdom Louis XV, the Chinoiserie art reaches its maximum level, becoming one of the most beautiful expressions in Louis XV classic furniture field. In this age merge techniques borrowed from China, just as the lacquering, although revised in according to ways best suited to the European production, pictures that refer to an imagined and idealized East and characteristics more own to the European productions of that age (Louis XV style, baroque or rococo if you prefer).

The lacquering in Louis XV classic furniture

One of the important characteristics of Louis XV classic furniture of the Chinoiserie current is the lacquering, a very refined technique and much used in China, who soon conquers an increasingly large number of admirers in Europe, especially in France, Germany and Russia. The technique of the lacquering soon spread in the West  reaching high quality levels especially in Italy and France and become one of the great protagonists of Louis XV classic furniture. Although different by the original chinese and japanese lacquering, the European lacquering reaches levels of great value and assumes own characteristics which are remained unchanged during the time and are in use even today. The result?
Very refined, as the one that we can admire in Louis XV Chinoiserie.

Louis XV classic furniture: the East and the Chinoiserie

Very high examples of luxury Chinoiserie are the Louis XV classic furniture of the namesake collection, that are inspired to the classic characteristics of the Eighteenth century furnishings. Designed both to be entered as single pieces inside other classic furnishings, especially if in Louis XV style, and to be matched among them, the Chinoiserie includes furnishing complements as for the living area as for the sleeping area.
For the bedroom there are in fact the two chests of drawers finely decorated: for those who love the soft shapes, here is the chest of drawers with moved shape, matched to the night table, with rich inserts carved and gold leaf finished-off. On all the surface, fantastic landscapes of oriental inspiration unravel behind fronds and flowering branches. More meticulous lines, but same characteristics for the rectangular chest of drawers, also characterized by the golden carvings, that here climb on the little lateral columns as soft garlands, and with rich exotic decorations.
Matched to the great oval mirror or to that with more geometrical shapes, overhanged by a royal crown, are furnishing complements of great impact. As well of sure effect is the great dressing table, a true masterpiece in range of Chinoiserie.
Between the Louis XV classic furniture of chinese style we must not forget those designed to the living area, that share the same characterizing features the complements for bedroom: so we have the glass showcases, as that with two doors as that at corner, the precious cabinet, a small cabinet suitable also to be used as bar cabinet, with a rich interior completely golden , or still the Majestic library and the étagère, or the coffee table designed as furnishing to put behind sofas at the middle of the room.
Perfect complements for these Louis XV classic furniture Chinoiserie are then the lacquered and decorated lamp or the great vase, suitable to furnish as the living area as the sleeping area.

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