Cascais Chinoiserie Bureau Cabinet
Inspired by eighteenth-century Portuguese bureau cabinets, this richly coloured piece combines a vermilion lacquer exterior, gilt chinoiserie decoration and an architectural double-door upper cabinet with a fall-front writing bureau below.
Description
Birds, flowering branches, pagodas and imagined landscapes extend across the doors, fall-front, drawers and side panels. A scrolling carved pediment crowns the upper cabinet; behind its doors, a contrasting black interior provides shelves and a gilded sunburst motif. The fall-front opens to reveal a writing surface and small compartments, while two full-width drawers complete the lower section. Newly made rather than artificially aged, it is intended as an expressive piece for a contemporary or traditional interior.
Dimensions
To be confirmed for the individual commission.
Materials
Selected hardwood carcass and panels · vermilion lacquer · gilt chinoiserie decoration · contrasting black interior · darkened metal hardware. Final timber species and finishing methods subject to maker approval.
Construction
Framed doors, properly engineered fall-front writing mechanism, fitted interior compartments and traditionally constructed drawers. All joinery, hardware and finishes to be agreed and inspected before delivery.
Customisation
Decorative scheme, internal arrangements, fittings and dimensions can be developed for each commission. Inspired by eighteenth-century Portuguese chinoiserie furniture; not represented as an antique or a faithful copy of a documented original.