{"product_id":"18th-century-french-walnut-armoire","title":"18th Century French Walnut Armoire,","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA Louis XIV Walnut Armoire with \u003cem\u003ePointes de Diamant\u003c\/em\u003e Panels, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe arched and deeply moulded \u003cem\u003echapeau de gendarme\u003c\/em\u003e cornice above a pair of panelled doors, each with three fielded panels carved in bold \u003cem\u003epointes de diamant\u003c\/em\u003e, the upper panels centred by a faceted star, the middle and lower panels with radiating diamond-point sunbursts, divided by serpentine moulded rails, hung on long steel \u003cem\u003efiches à chapeau\u003c\/em\u003e and with a pierced steel escutcheon and later silk tassel key, flanked by canted stiles carved with small foliate motifs and a moulded oval cartouche, the sides similarly panelled with diamond-point lozenges, on a moulded plinth and block feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe interior fitted with shelving upholstered in yellow Moire fabric\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFrench, Probably Périgord or Guyenne, Early 18th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e Faceted \u003cem\u003epointes de diamant\u003c\/em\u003e, carved to catch light across the surface of the timber, are among the most striking decorative devices of French provincial joinery. Introduced under Louis XIII, the motif remained in favour in the south-west, particularly in Périgord, Quercy and the Bordelais, well into the 18th century, where regional workshops developed an especially inventive vocabulary of stars, sunbursts and interlocking lozenges. The present armoire combines this conservative ornament with the arched cornice and serpentine rails of the Régence, a fusion typical of the region's gradual absorption of Parisian taste. Armoires of this kind were among the most important possessions of a household, frequently commissioned for a marriage and handed down through generations\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"0","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40290940256311,"sku":"VS1405","price":6800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2322\/8433\/files\/VS1405.jpg?v=1790644121","url":"https:\/\/thevaultsydney.com\/products\/18th-century-french-walnut-armoire","provider":"The Vault Sydney","version":"1.0","type":"link"}