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This dramatic console table cupboard in style sits somewhere between Art Deco and ancient Egypt - it definately is in the Deco Egyptian Revival style. It's crisp shape & graphics provide a compact console to suit any living room, hallway or interior and add a design impact to that interior. This piece has visually strong shapes, due to the splayed shape & massing of Pylon buildings and gates from Egypt. The shape is wonderful, part altar part practical piece of furniture, and it's not too large, so suited to use in many rooms. The unit is painted with the winged Goddess Isis as the dominant motif, with heiroglyphs surrounding it.
The painting is typical Egyptian both in form and colours, with the black base colour giving a dramatic look. Overall the piece can be left clean and new, as shown, or distressed to look more antique. Hand painted pieces like this take time and real skill to produce, and the shapes are complicated to make, hence they are not cheap to do. As this is made bespoke we can change the proportions, within reason, change the designs and colours used. The base cupboard can be fitted with 1 -2 shelves. The worktop can be in stone, quartz, marble, wood, Corian, glass, painted, laminate, etc. Made to order, we don't disclose sizes or prices until we've agreed a spec with a customer.
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Above we've shown the console with a matching style mirror frame, which will bounce light around your interior. The mirror frame is also pylon shaped, the reverse of the base table. It can be painted to match or contrast with the base. The mirror in this piece has a Maple finish background with black heiroglyphs, so the reverse of the base, which has a black base and light designs. The mirror has the classic Egyptian cornice moulding. The top & bottom rails are painted with 2 winged Sun disks, in different colours, echoing the winged Isis design on the base. The inner & outer vertical edges of the mirror frame were also painted black to echo the base colour and provide sharp keylines for the frame. The overall impression of both pieces is they could have been used in a movie, as it makes a dramatic overall impression.
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While many appreciate the decoratively painted versions of these pieces, some people prefer a simpler cleaner look for day to day life in their home. We shown some versions above in wood finishes, which retain the great shapes. Another version is more Art Deco in treatment, with the base painted black and a Maple wall mirror. Another version shows the decorative version with a limestone worktop. You can take this style and produce something very original like the drinks cabinet bar shown. We can adapt the idea endlessly.
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It is easy to focus on nice designs and finished pieces, but furniture making is a practical business. Above we show a new console table being assembled, ready for base painting. You can see the final shapes nearly finished in the last photos. We will post more updates shortly on this piece as it progresses. A test piece is made for the cornice moulding. Full size design drawings are produced for the artist to work to.
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