Posts Tagged ‘English’

AN OAK CYLINDER BUREAU, AN ANTIQUE KNEEHOLE DRESSING TABLE, AN ANTIQUE AND INLAID KIDNEY SHAPED TABLE, A CARVED OAK LIBRARY TABLE

Posted by admin on January 2nd, 2010 under French CupboardsTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  • No Comments

AN OAK CYLINDER BUREAU, AN ANTIQUE KNEEHOLE DRESSING TABLE, AN ANTIQUE AND INLAID KIDNEY SHAPED TABLE, A CARVED OAK LIBRARY TABLE
AN OAK CYLINDER BUREAU, Victorian, with a raised gallery incorporating three drawers, above a cylinder fall enclosing pigeon holes and drawers above two frieze drawers, on
square legs, wide.
A CARVED OAK CABINET BOOKCASE, Flemish, 18th Century, [...]

PEDESTAL DESK, 19th Century and 18th Century, MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS, George III style, POLLARDED OAK CONSOLE TABLE, LIVEWOOD AND MARQUETRY TRAY-ON-STAND, Italian

Posted by admin on January 1st, 2010 under 18th Century CommodesTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  • No Comments

PEDESTAL DESK, 19th Century and 18th Century, MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS, George III style, POLLARDED OAK CONSOLE TABLE, LIVEWOOD AND MARQUETRY TRAY-ON-STAND, Italian
AN ANTIQUE TRIPOD TABLE, part early 19th Century and 18th Century, with a rectangular top and a ring turned stem, cm. wide.
AN ANTIQUE PEDESTAL DESK, 19th Century and 18th Century, with alterations, with leather inset [...]

FRENCH MAHOGANY CYLINDER BUREAU, CHARLES X LOOKING-GLASS, RESTAURATION MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE, RESTAURATION MAHOGANY SOFA, BIEDERMEIER FRUITWOOD SECRETAIRE

Posted by admin on December 28th, 2009 under French CupboardsTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  • No Comments

FRENCH MAHOGANY CYLINDER BUREAU, CHARLES X LOOKING-GLASS, RESTAURATION MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE, RESTAURATION MAHOGANY SOFA, BIEDERMEIER FRUITWOOD  SECRETAIRE
A    RESTAUTRATION    PARCEL-GILT
MAHOGANY BERGERE, circa 1820,
with curved stuffed back, dolphin arm supports and loose-cushioned bow-fronted seat.
A FRENCH MAHOGANY CYLINDER BUREAU, late 18th/early 19th century,
with galleried white marble top, the paneled cylinder front enclosing drawers and with three drawers below, with [...]

FLEMISH EBONY AND TORTOISESHELL CASKET, ITALIAN RED-JAPANNED CHAIRS, REGENCE CORNER CUPBOARD, LOUIS XV PROVINCIAL GILT-BRONZE CANDLESTICKS, ITALIAN RED LACQUER CUPBOARD

Posted by admin on December 28th, 2009 under Antique CoffersTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  • No Comments

FLEMISH EBONY AND TORTOISESHELL CASKET, ITALIAN RED-JAPANNED CHAIRS, REGENCE CORNER CUPBOARD, LOUIS XV PROVINCIAL GILT-BRONZE CANDLESTICKS, ITALIAN RED LACQUER CUPBOARD
AN UNUSUAL HISPANO-FLEMISH EBONY AND TORTOISESHELL CASKET, mid 17th century
the sloping lid opening to reveal an interior fitted with drawers, and with an architectural back, 16cm high, 27.5cm wide, 22cm deep (64in, 103Ain, 83Ain).
Footnote: The interior [...]

SET OF FOUR ‘GEORGE II’ MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS, PAINTED DISPLAY CABINET, WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY CARD TABLE, LACQUER SOFA TABLE, WALNUT GATE-LEG TABLE

Posted by admin on December 28th, 2009 under Antique Wood FurnitureTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  • No Comments

SET OF FOUR ‘GEORGE II’ MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS, PAINTED DISPLAY CABINET, WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY CARD TABLE, LACQUER SOFA TABLE, WALNUT GATE-LEG TABLE

А SET OF FOUR ‘GEORGE Ii’ MAHOGANY
ARMCHAIRS each with a rectangular
back with a serpentine top-rail and
pierced splat, the outcurve arms above
a stuffed drop-in seat on cabriole legs,
stamped 4587, possibly Portuguese, late
I9th century
A GOOD SATINWOOD AND [...]

‘LOUIS XV’ GILTWOOD PIER TABLE, OAK METAMORPHIC LIBRARY CHAIR, ‘GEORGE III’ MAHOGANY TOILET MIRROR, OAK BEDROOM SUITE, MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK

Posted by admin on December 28th, 2009 under Antique Wood FurnitureTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  • No Comments

‘LOUIS XV’ GILTWOOD PIER TABLE, OAK METAMORPHIC LIBRARY CHAIR, ‘GEORGE III’ MAHOGANY TOILET MIRROR, OAK BEDROOM SUITE, MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK
А ‘LOUIS XV’ GILTWOOD PIER TABLE, the
molded serpentine brown and white veined marble top raised on four ‘C-scroll legs joined by stretchers, the frieze and central stretcher profusely carved with ‘C’-scrolls and
acanthus, 381 by 84 by [...]

ANTIQUE ENGLISH SETTLES

Posted by admin on December 2nd, 2009 under Antique SettlesTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  • No Comments

ANTIQUE ENGLISH SETTLES
There was a revival of the settle by the Gothic reformers. After all, it was sufficiently medieval-bucolic in origin, ‘honest’ in construction and laudably uncomfortable to sit on; no one idles for long on a settle. What is more, no man in a cold, sober condition would sit on a settle unless he [...]

English Oak, Walnut and Mahogany Corner Cupboards

Posted by admin on October 30th, 2009 under Oak CupboardsTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  • No Comments

Antique English Corner Cupboards - walnut cross banded glazed-door corner cupboard - walnut bow-fronted corner cupboard - oak corner cupboard of 18th Century with panelled doors - 18th century mahogany bow-fronted corner cupboard with fluted pilasters - 18th century mahogany corner cupboard - country corner cupboard -  corner cupboard with with three drawers
Although antique corner [...]

English Court Cupboards with Open Shelves

Posted by admin on October 29th, 2009 under Court CupboardsTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  • No Comments

ANTIQUE COURT CUPBOARDS WITH OPEN SHELVES (BUFFETS)
About 1570-1680
Apiece of furniture derived from medieval prototypes, comprising a set of three open shelves, which in grand houses was draped with fabric or carpet and used to display plate, but in lesser homes could be used as a side-table. The names buffet, court cupboard, sideboard and dresser were [...]

Antique English Corner Cupboards

Posted by admin on October 29th, 2009 under Corner CupboardsTags: , , , , , , ,  • No Comments

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 [...]