Type: Bread box
Origin: Provence of France
Period: 20th century
Style: Provençal
Color: yellow
Material: Walnut
Dimensions: H78 x W79 x D41 cm
Provençal Walnut Bread Box
Walnut bread box, opening with a small door with brass hinges and a turn knob. Its openwork case is composed of turned wooden columns,…
The Provençal bread box, with its unique and original shapes, is undoubtedly the most typical piece of furniture from Provence.
Made to sit on a dough chest or hang on the wall from the hangers on the back, this walnut panettiere bread cabinet features a traditional turned spindle front and sides, a central door, seven turned finials, and a slat bottom. The panettiere originated in France as safe place to store bread. Today panettieres are often used as wine cabinets.
The bread box was originally a small, simply designed piece of furniture used, as its name suggests, to store and preserve bread.
Three cities (Nîmes, Fourques, and Arles), where ornamental carving had no trouble establishing itself, would become the cradle of the Provençal style.
These bread boxes nevertheless share certain common characteristics: carved candlesticks, scrolled feet, turned spindles, a disproportionate hinge for the door, as well as for the lock and keyhole. They are also all made of walnut.
As for the carved motifs, they have been listed and cover a wide range. They range from baskets and garlands of flowers to bunches of fruit, quivers and arrows, trophies of musical instruments, soup tureens, bows and ribbons, torches and lyres.
The panetière is a typical Provençal piece of furniture. A ceremonial piece of furniture that originated in a region of France, it has even crossed borders and enjoyed great success with American customers, for example.
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