AMAZING NAPOLEON MECHANICAL DESK TRANSFORMING
This beautiful Empire piece of furniture Napoleon Mechanical Desk Giovanni Socci , realized c1810 hides a complex closure mechanism, which permits it to fold into itself around the book rest, the lateral wings and the seat. If gone, the three-legged chair on the wood slide-out base disappears right into the furniture. The drawing board and inkwell holders drop down and the sides slide in.
Built in the 1800s by Giovanni Socci, an Italian craftsman from Florence. And it wasn't just built by him. Sochi is part of a family of artisans who supplied furniture to various members of the palace and royal family in Florence, and at least he seems to have produced four such works. .. Their explanation reveals that the process of pulling a chair is what causes the table to deform. Goat skin on top. see also Red Italian Bedroom Style furniture , All materials of strict Italian origin, manufactured in Italy
This furniture seems to have been kept in the Pitti Palace until the end of Napoleon's reign. Then, in 1814, the trace was found at the Bachocchi Palace in Bologna. This piece of furniture was bequeathed to France by her will after Eliza's death in 1869. It was sent to the Malmaison furniture vault (inventory MM.40.47.8445) and then returned to Fontainebleau Castle (Napoleonil Museum). Deposited with Mobilier National (Inventory GME1461) and then stored in the Louvre. This office has four versions of her. The first is from 1807 and is still preserved in the Pitti Palace, with no porphyry top and adorned with gold-plated bronze lion heads and claws. The third replica, stored in Milan's Villa Necki in his Camprio, looks like a late model of 1840 or his circa 18501, with flaming mahogany and black-painted wood.
Bureau mécanique Photos Credit: Giovanni Socci
