Want to redesign your interior to bring a new design? Why not opt for the baroque style? With the resurgence of old and vintage styles, baroque furniture is perfect for creating an interior decoration that stands out.

Recommended furniture includes the old baroque desk, which combines aesthetics and functionality. But what exactly do we know about the baroque desk? What are the different styles and types? Focus on the old baroque desk in the world.

Each country has its own baroque desk

Baroque is an artistic movement that began in the second half of the 16th century. It touches on the whole field, from literature to painting, architecture and carpentry. This style is distinguished from the others by the emphasis on the imagination.

Instead of conforming to conventional standards, carpenters gave life to fantasy by offering furniture with irregular shapes, very voluminous, full of ornaments and colors with paint effect. On the form, the baroque style is defined as the style that replaces the round with the oval.

For the material, wood and metal remain the most used with the possibility of handling them with ease. As for colour, there is a wide variety enriched with bright red, bright black, purple or silver. The countries that are considered the founders of this style are Italy, Spain and France. Although the Baroque style is defined, it is reinterpreted in different ways by each of the countries that are at its origin.

Bureau baroque blanc

Hispanic style

The Hispanic style refers to the style that is imagined by Spanish and Portuguese carpenters. The Spanish Baroque style stands out because of its desire to go far in exaggeration, which is the opposite of what other countries offer.

In practice, this gives rise to baroque desks with one or more showy motifs. The most well-known motif on the Spanish Baroque desk is the mixture of tiles like the one on a chess table.

The arrival of the Baroque style in Portugal is due to the fact that between 1580 and 1640, the country was under Spanish rule. Cultural influence has therefore played a major role in the design proposed by the Portuguese Baroque style. Here, exaggeration gives way to softness with less elaborate shapes.

The Italian style

The Italian style is the founding style of the Baroque. It was first in Rome that it all began when the artists of the time were inspired by Roman architecture to create their creation. From this inspiration "Ancient Rome" derives from the furniture that pay particular attention to the details.

We are entitled to desk with neat finishes as on the columns, pylons and facades of Roman buildings. The colours chosen are rather neutral with a maximum of 3 blends, including one, to mark the quality of the finish.

On the form, it is the feet of the Italian Baroque desk that stands out by presenting a curve tending outwards. Wood is usually used for structure while metal serves as an ornament (discreet, but that brings its charm).

The French style

The French Baroque style was born out of the desire of the artists of the time to stand up to the excessive Baroque to the Italian while wanting to leave aside the classicism of the French. This paradox gives rise to furniture that emphasizes perspective, magnificence and décor.

In practice, the French Baroque desk offers moderately exaggerated shapes, with showy ornaments and beautiful finishes. In France, baroque is especially a style prized by members of royalty.

The furniture of the Palace of Versailles are the prototype models. Although the "Louis" styles are intended to be a different artistic current, historians believe that it can be associated with baroque by the different elements that make up them.

The Baroque Secretary

For an desk cabinet that combines aesthetics and utility, the baroque secretary is the best model. The secretary appears at the beginning as a piece of furniture intended for writing. Moreover, it is considered a "writing."

During the reign of Louis XIII, this piece of furniture presented itself as an alternative to cabinet furniture. Around the 17th century, the secretary was dressed in various styles, including Baroque. It is no longer a simple tray with feet, it can also have a storage drawer on the sides to store everything you need to write.

With drawers, it was the secretary-to-slaughter model that prevailed at the time. For a less imposing and more mobile model, there was the secretary on a slope or on a donkey who offered a lid to the drawers, like the piano doucine. The secretary is quite suited for the Baroque style for its form away from classical norms.

The flat desk with a baroque drawer

Bureau baroque noir

The flat drawer desk is arguably the most common desktop model these days. In general, this furniture has 3 drawers that with a very small height to allow the lower part of the body to enter under the desk.

Some variants, two other drawers are added on the sides, overlay. A baroque style brings a touch of whimsy with curved lines, original ornaments and patterns of all kinds.