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Sale Impero<br />

(1800-18<strong>15</strong>)<br />

I mobili Impero presentano volumi e<br />

impostazione architettonica semplici.<br />

Colonne, pilastri ed erme, poggiati su zampe<br />

di leone o basi a zoccolo, inquadrano gli<br />

sportelli di credenze e vetrine e sostengono<br />

cassetti sporgenti come trabeazioni oppure<br />

cimase a timpano come il tetto di un tempio<br />

classico. Questi elementi decorativi diventano<br />

anche scultorei sostegni di sedie e tavoli.<br />

Sopra le lisce superfici spiccano anche figure<br />

classiche, losanghe, corone di alloro e farfalle<br />

in bronzo dorato. Il legno più usato è il<br />

mogano in lastre accostate in modo da<br />

sfruttare le figurazioni piumate, fiammate o<br />

pomellate con tagli praticati in particolari<br />

zone dell’albero.<br />

Empire Style Dining Rooms<br />

(1800-18<strong>15</strong>)<br />

Empire furniture has simple shapes and<br />

architecture. Columns, posts and hermae<br />

leaning on lion paws or hoof-shaped bases<br />

enframe cupboard doors and glass cabinets and<br />

support protruding drawers such as trabeations<br />

or tympanum carvings on the tope just like a<br />

classic temple. These decorative elements also<br />

become sculptural supports for chairs and<br />

tables. On the smooth surfaces some leitmotifs<br />

appear, such as classic figures, rhombs, laurel<br />

wreaths and butterflies in gilded bronze. The<br />

most used wood is mahogany with veneers<br />

carefully put one near the other to exploit the<br />

plumed, flamed or dappled figures obtained by<br />

cutting the trees in particular parts.

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