Hornacina. Spain, 20th century

Hornacina. Spain, 20th century.
Carved, gilded and polychrome wood.
Measurements: 147 x 78 x 20 cm.

Baroque style niche although made in the twentieth century, of large proportions and proliferation of carved motifs. Its structure is architectural but it is entirely transfigured by the ornamental exuberance typical of the style. Thus, on a base with the front advanced in plan and the molded profiles, the façade rises with an interior semicircular arch around which a carved and gilded festoon with strings of flowers is developed. Likewise, the coping crowns the piece with a double acanthus leaf bordered with counterpoints and scallops carved in such a way that they draw attractive waves. The whole, in spite of the ornamental display, is subsumed by criteria of harmony, to a symmetrical order.