Collection of antique bedside tables for sale
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The use of antique bedside tables as we know them today began in France, at the beginning of the eighteenth century, from an evolution of the commode, the piece of furniture that contained underwear and known in Italy as a dresser. The purpose of the antique bedside tables was therefore to hide some everyday things from view and intimate.
Before undergoing this change in the appearance that we still know today, ancient bedside tables were large in size and were found in the corridors of homes, being then moved, during the course of the Renaissance, to the bedrooms.
Like all antique furniture, antique bedside tables also have a decorative function and their appearance changes depending on the styles that follow one another.
The bedside Barocco It has larger dimensions and elaborate lines.
The bedside table from the subsequent Rococo period becomes smaller in size and aesthetics almost surpasses functionality. The imagination and affectation create soft lines, embellished with precious woods.
It is with the Louis XVI bedside table that we see the greatest change and which comes closest to the modern concept. The dimensions decrease further, the antique bedside tables with marble topoo wood have only two or three drawers where you can put the few objects you need when you are in bed.
During the Neoclassical period the appearance of the bedside table becomes more sober and there are some of the most valuable examples inlays in wood or gilded bronze which recall the scenes and motifs of classicism.
In antique 800th century bedside tables the drawers are also reduced to one and are replaced by a door. As in previous centuries, bedside tables can be part of entire coordinated bedrooms, with wardrobes and beds, dressing tables and chests of drawers.
Lastly, the twentieth century where modern styles multiply and vary in the most disparate declinations, generally in favor of drawers compared to the door which is gradually disappearing.