French Walnut Vitrine with Vernis Martin Panels
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A decorative French walnut and vernis martin panelled upright single door vitrine. 166 cm high, 71 cm wide, 36 cm deep.
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- Vernis Martin - A generic name for a type of lacquer finish applied to furniture and a multitude of small articles, giving a brilliant translucent finish, imitating the Chinese and Japanese lacquer finishes on furniture imported into France during the Louis XV period..
Usually the surface to which the lacquer is applied was embellished with painted decoration of a classical scene.
The name is derived from the inventors, Simon-Etienne Martin and his two brothers, a distinguished family of French artist-artificers of the 18th century, who refined and perfected the technique, and were granted a monopoly in its manufacture in 1730.
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