Baroque furniture

The Baroque is known as a splendid
furnishing style from the postwar period. Many stories revolve around antique
furniture, which flourished especially in the 1950s. Probably the best-known
piece of furniture from this characteristic interior design style is the
living room buffet.

The characteristics

Presumably, the term  Baroque originated in the 1920s. However, this
significant style of furnishing in the German population became known only in
the 1950s. With the beginning of the post-war period and the newly gained
prosperity of the German citizens, the desire for comfort and comfort in
their own four walls grew. The bulky, but characteristically decorated and
ornate pieces of furniture of the Gelsenkirchen Baroque brought comfort to
the people and presented the improved living situation to the outside.
Furniture in the style of the Gelsenkirchen Baroque is based on the antique
baroque of the 17th and 18th century ornate. As a rule, the pieces of
furniture were made of dark shiny wood with a strong grain, often walnut.
Curved legs and ornate brass handles on cabinets and drawers are further
typical features of the Gelsenkirchen Baroque. In addition, this style of
furnishing has been widely used with brocade fabrics, often with large area
patterns. The fabrics were used for curtains, pillowcases and many other home
textiles.

The living room buffet became the best-selling piece of
furniture

Today, the Baroque with its many ornaments is often regarded as overladen
and cheesy. A particularly typical piece of furniture that could be found in
almost every German kitchen is the living room buffet. The living room buffet
is a huge kitchen unit, which is immediately recognizable by its oversized
dimensions. The design of the massive piece of furniture was based on salon
furniture of the late 19th century. The living room buffet brought a lot of
storage space in the kitchen. Many compartments, sheds and often even an
integrated refrigerator made the huge glass cabinets practical everyday
furniture. Not infrequently, the heavy curtains of brocade were used as an
ornament here. Living room buffets were mostly made of high-gloss walnut
veneer and about 2 meters wide and 1.70 meters long. Even today you will find
these massive kitchen cabinets still isolated in apartments. They are
wonderfully suited to combine an antique style of furnishing with a modern
ambience today.