Antique French Homme Debout Wardrobe | Herringbone Doors, Circa 1800

• Structurally restored
• Treated against wood-boring insects and borer-free
• Furniture ready for use

In the houses of the French provinces two centuries ago, white linen was kept under lock and key. Sheets were part of the trousseau.

This antique French wardrobe is an homme debout: two stacked doors with a drawer in the middle, the narrow wardrobe of those houses. It was made around 1800 in the Louis XV style, and the fluted stiles and pierced steel escutcheons already announce the Louis XVI. It came from an antique dealer.

Each door features a panel of diagonally cut boards that meet in the center: a herringbone pattern pointing upwards. Around it, a carved wave molding.

Below the gendarme hat cornice runs a root frieze made of segments, with the cracks that time opens in the knotty wood. Below, a scalloped apron and two front legs in scroll.

The two doors lock with a key, in long pierced steel escutcheons with fluted columns. The drawer opens with two hanging iron handles, with a pierced plate in scrolls. The doors turn on long iron hinges with a turned finish, visible on the edge.

The tone is ours. In the workshop, the wood of the entire piece was washed: the panels remain in a pink honey and the grain is read from afar. Inside, a shelf in the upper body and another in the lower one.

It measures 114 cm wide, 65 deep and 224 high, and weighs 80 kg.

In a bedroom, as a wardrobe for the house's bed linen. In a living room or a dining room, as a pantry for table linen, dishes or glasses, behind closed doors.

With 224 cm high and 80 kg, it is advisable to measure before doors, hallways and stairs. Under a ceiling of 2.40 m, the cornice remains at 16 cm.

THREE DETAILS THAT DEFINE IT

→ The herringbone of the doors. The boards of each panel were cut diagonally and married in the center. The grain draws a different arrow on each door.

→ The root frieze. A curved band of segments under the cornice, with its cracks. It is the only point of mixed grain on the entire front.

→ The escutcheons. Pierced steel with fluted columns, from the Louis XVI repertoire, on a piece of furniture of Louis XV style. This is how the styles coexisted in the provinces.

RESTORATION IN OUR WORKSHOP IN NAVALCARNERO, MADRID

In the workshop, the wood of the entire piece was washed and a complete structural review was done. The two locks were put into operation and close with their key.

The marks of the years were not touched: the dents, the wear of the edges and the cracks of the frieze. Ready to be placed where it belongs.

Style: Provincial Louis XV, with Louis XVI details (homme debout)
Material: Cherry on fronts and sides; rootwood frieze below the cornice; secondary woods on interior and back
Technique: Herringbone plank panels; cut-out mouldings; carved scalloped apron; box and dovetail joints with pegs
Finish: Wood washed and waxed in our workshop
Hardware: Long pierced steel escutcheons with fluted columns and two keys; hanging iron handles with pierced plate; long iron hinges with turned finial
Layout: Two overlapping doors with lock and a central drawer; one shelf in each section
Dimensions: 114 cm (Width) × 65 cm (Depth) × 224 cm (Height)
Condition: Restored; structure inspected and locks functional; retains signs of use
Period: Late 18th – early 19th century (circa 1800)

114 cm (Width) × 65 cm (Depth) × 224 cm (Height)

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