Antique Cupboard

AN ANTIQUE BOW-FRONT CHEST, A CHINOISERIE DRAWING ROOM SUITE, MARBLE TOP OCCASIONAL TABLE, AN ANTIQUE MIRROR

AN ANTIQUE BOW-FRONT CHEST, nd quarter 18th Century, with an inlaid
frieze above two short and three long drawers, on splayed bracket feet. wide.

AN ANTIQUE CHEST, late George III,
with two short and three long graduated
drawers, on splayed bracket feet.

TWO MAHOGANY TORCHERES, of late Georgian design, each with circular tops, reeded turned stems and tripod bases. HI high and high

AN ANTIQUE CHEYAL WRITING TABLE, early 18th Century, inlaid on both sides with a musical motif, fault.
wide

AN ANTIQUE D-SHAPE TABLE, George III, with a satinwood inlav. on reduced tapered square legs.
wide”

AN OAK TRIPOD TABLE, late George
III,with a circular tilt-top. on a knopped
turned stem with cabriole legs, top split, bearers
replaced, diam.

A CHINOISERIE DRAWING ROOM SUITE, Edwardian, lacquered throughout in black and gilt, comprising: a two seat settee with a butterflv shaped back and cabriole legs, a corner

armchair, and an open back tub chair.

AN ANTIQUE TABLE VIRINE, 18th Century, with a green fabric lining, on tapered square legs. $wide.

AN ANTIQUE SIDE TABLE, George II, formerly a tea table, the rectangular top with a frieze drawer, on lappet caned turned tapering legs, on pad feet, fault.
wide

AN ANTIQUE’ TRIPOD TABLE, nd quarter 18th Century, the rectangular tilt-top above a ring turned stem, on cabriole legs. wide. ”

AN ANTIQUE PEMBROKE TABLE, George IV, the rectangular top and hinged flaps above two drawers on a tapered square and four leaf-carved cabriole legs with brass castors, wide.’

AN ANTIQUE DROP LEAF TABLE, George II style, with an oval top. on turned tapering legs with pad feet. wide.

AN ANTIQUE BOOKCASE, William
IV,door with brass grill, the sides, base and
frieze with gadroon beading, bun feet.

AN ANTIQUE DRESSING TABLE
MIRROR, early Victorian, with scrolled
supports and a three drawer plinth base, on
bun feet, loose apron, wide.

A LACQUER CABINET ON STAND, 18th Century and later, the two doors and sides with gilt decoration on a black ground, on a carved giltwood stand, altered, wide.

AN ANTIQUE AND INLAID BUREAU, Edwardian, with three drawers, on bracket feet, faults, wide.

A MARBLE TOP OCCASIONAL TABLE, the inset top early 18th Century, the circular specimen parquetry marble top with cabriole legs, diam.—

AN ANTIQUE ADJUSTABLE CIRCULAR STOOL, William IV, the upholstered seat on tripod support,

AN ANTIQUE DROP LEAF TABLE,
George IV, the hinged top on four ring
turned legs with brass casters
wide

AN ANTIQUE WASHSTAND, Victorian, the top galleried on three sides above an arrangement of five drawers, on turned baluster legs, wide.

AN ANTIQUE MIRROR, George II style, of architectural form with broken pediment cresting, high

A CIRCULAR GILTWOOD GIRANDOLE, Regency style, with a convex plate, incorporating scrolling candle brances and an eagle cresting,  high, together with an oval gilt gesso mirror,

George III, high

GREEN AND GOLD PAINTED ARMCHAIRS, PAINTED BED, French Provincial, CARVED HARDWOOD OCCASIONAL CHAIR, CARVED MAHOGANY DRAWING ROOM SUITE

AN ANTIQUE AND
INLAID DROP-LEAF TABLE, George III
with alterations, including a pair of drawers
and tapered square legs, on spade feet,
cm. wide. extended

A PAIR OF GREEN AND GOLD PAINTED ARMCHAIRS, 19th Century and 18th Century, with rush seats, bamboo turned backs and legs

A SET PF THREE BLACK AND GOLD PAINTED SIDE CHAIRS, 19th Century and 18th Century, with woven seats, bamboo turned back-rails and supports

A DISTRESSED FRUITWOOD SMALL SOFA, Swedish, late 19th Century and 18th Century, with twin pierced vase-shaped splats and stuffed calico seat, on square and fluted tapering legs,

cm. wide.

A PAIR OF WALNUT DINING CHAIRS, French Provincial, 19th Century and 18th Century style, with pierced vase-shaped splats and ivory velvet upholstered seats

A WALNUT AND PARCEL-GILT ARMCHAIR, Louis XV style, with wing back and upholstered in claret hide, restored

A SET OF FOUR MAHOGANY PEDESTALS, Edwardian style, of tapered square form, with satinwood banded tops, each cm. high

A WALNUT AND UPHOLSTERED ARMCHAIR, French, Louis XIV style, covered in ivory flame stitch fabric

AN ANTIQUE STOOL, part early 19th Century and 18th Century, the distressed upholstered seat on reeded turned legs, cm. wide.

AN ANTIQUE SINGLE TESTER BED, George III style, with baluster turned front posts, including an iron frame and a mattress, cm. long by cm. wide.

A ETCHED AND COLOURED GLASS WALL MIRROR, Venetian, modern, of elongated octagonal form with applied pink glass floral decoration, cm. high

AN ANTIQUE RECLINING
ARMCHAIR, early Victorian, on turned legs

A PAINTED BED, French Provincial, Louis XVI style,  the panelled headboard with leaf and ribbon cresting, flanked by fluted columns, with similar but lower footboard, cm. wide.

AN ANTIQUE BREAKFAST TABLE, late Victorian, with an oval top, on turned legs, retaining part of the brass trade label of Lewis and Lewis, cm. wide.

A CARVED HARDWOOD AND IVORY INLAID folding Chair, Islamic, early 19th Century and 18th Century, with a star and moon cresting, on arched supports

A BOULLE WORK TABLE, Louis XV style,  with a hinged top and on cabriole legs joined by a platform stretcher, cm. high by cm. wide.

A CARVED HARDWOOD OCCASIONAL CHAIR, Indian, nd half 19th Century and 18th Century, with a pierced back and cabriole leg

AN ANTIQUE WARDROBE, George III, with alterations, the pair of panelled doors above a dummy and a real drawer, on bracket feet, cm. high by cm. wide. approx.

AN ANTIQUE AND INLAID DRESSING TABLE MIRROR, late George III, with three drawers, on ivory ball feet, cm, wide.

A CARVED MAHOGANY DRAWING ROOM SUITE, Victorian, comprising: a button uphostered sofa cm. wide., a set of six splat back chairs, an uphostered armchair and a companion

occasional chair

ENGLISH CORNER CUPBOARDS
About 1690-1800
Mahogany corner cabinet with swan- neck cresting, chamfered sides and typical brass H-hinges
Thought to have been introduced from Holland, coinciding with the fashion for painted pine-panelled rooms, corner cupboards were used to store and display fine china, silver or other valuables in the drawing-room, Some could be hanging, above dado level, others are of double height. They generally disappeared from main reception rooms around 1750 (when the fashion for wallpaper replaced panelling) but were still made for other rooms and for country parlours until the end of the century, and have been popular reproduction pieces ever since.
STYLE AND APPEARANCE
Considerable variation throughout the century. Can be:
Simple mahogany bow-fronted corner (cupboard.
Hanging, with bow front: Mostly in japanned pine or walnut veneer. A pair of doors, their curve continuing on the side framing. Simple moulding above and below. Doors generally rebate together (to form continuous smooth curve) but sometimes narrow moulding conceals join.
Hanging, with flat front: Usually a single panelled door with chamfered framing at sides (this sometimes decorated with fluting or carved columns). Simple base, but bolder cor-
MATERIALS
Walnut and mahogany veneer on a pine (occasionally oak) base. Pine if painted or japanned. Country versions mostly in solid oak.
CONSTRUCTION
Right 18thC pine corner cupboard; left, reproduction Georgian-style mahogany corner cupboard.
nice; moulding, sometimes with frieze below. Occasionally a broken pediment. Door can have a shaped, and on country versions, fielded, panel, sometimes glazed, with or without glazing bars. Earliest versions evidently had a panel of mirror glass, seldom still in place.
Double-height: Mainly straight-fronted; occasionally bow-fronted. Initially made to match (and sometimes actually fitted into) wall panelling, with a join at dado level. Many therefore made of pine (once painted, now often stripped and waxed) with two panelled doors below, and two glazed or even open shelves above. The most desirable have a rounded barrel back, the half-domed top occasionally carved as a shell. The grandest have architectural mouldings (often with doors forming an arch bordered by broad carved pilasters).
Continuous plinth or bracket feet; the plainest (oak) country versions have plinth or stile feet.
Later veneered versions have bracket or, after 1780, ’swept’ feet, below plain, panelled base door(s). Upper door(s) panelled or glazed, the latter with decorative arrangements of glazing bars. Bolder, deeper moulded cornice than hanging types, sometimes frieze too. (If seen on a single hanging cupboard, this probably indicates there was once a base.)
On all types, interior shelves are nearly always curved and shaped. Both they and the backboards were fashionably painted, mostly blue or green, sometimes red or yellow.
LATER REPRODUCTIONS
This type of corner cabinet was popularly reproduced by the Edwardians, often with a dentil frieze (a feature of only some 18thC examples) on top of a glazed cabinet, and rather bright, yellow inlay or green-stained stringing, fans and conch shells. Also widely reproduced today –often veneered in yew or cheap mahogany – but frequently too narrow overall, with a tall, lower cupboard.
Framed construction with glued mortise-andtenon joints. Mitred joints and veneer on better quality. Many veneered all over. Tops rough, but under-side of hanging cabinets finished. Always locks, but generally no (or very simple wooden) catches. Invariably backed with unfinished planking.
Curved doors on bow fronts coopered (i.e. large number of verticals cut at slight angle and glued (or grooved and glued) together before being planed to a smooth surface.
Cornice and base mouldings similarly constructed.
Watch for marriages on double-height pieces; check for matching colour and grain of timber (both back and front); also for shape of interior shelves and matching lockplates and escutcheons. Blind doors may now be glued.
DECORATION
Principally figuring of timber. Occasionally simple inlay and stringing in late 18thC (and on Edwardian reproductions). Mahogany cross-banding and occasionally inlay (often star shapes) on country-made oak pieces.
japanning popular for early pieces, with chinoiserie decoration on a mainly black ground.
Hinges: Exterior H- or butterfly hinges until about 1760 (later on country versions). Decorative lock escutcheons.
FINISH
Varnish, followed by wax polish. japanning, paint (many now stripped and waxed).
RELATIVE VALUES
Popular, but seldom immensely valuable, items. Many hanging cupboards (especially country versions) priced in three figures. Good walnut veneer, a broken pediment or fine inlay will increase value considerably.
japanned examples –even when early – may seem surprisingly cheap unless in red, blue or yellow (cream) rather than the normal black. These are rare and may fetch five-figures.
Double-height cupboards are approximately double the value, but much more if early and architectural with a barrel back.