Posts Tagged ‘Art Nouveau’

An Art Nouveau oak Sideboard, Victorian carved walnut framed Sofa, Queen Anne oak boarded Box, Queen Anne-style walnut Dining Chairs

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

An Art Nouveau oak Sideboard, Victorian carved walnut framed Sofa, Queen Anne oak boarded Box, Queen Anne-style walnut Dining Chairs

An Art Nouveau oak Sideboard, circa 1905, the galleried back with an embossed copper panel and pierced sides, the pair of frieze drawers above inverted tapered square legs
joined by stretchers, 126cm. high by 111cm. wide.
A William [...]

George IV mahogany rail-back Armchair, Victorian walnut Wellington Chest, George III mahogany Side Table, Edwardian Art Nouveau Armchair

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

George IV mahogany rail-back Armchair, Victorian walnut Wellington Chest, George III mahogany Side Table, Edwardian Art Nouveau Armchair
A George IV mahogany rail-back Armchair, the scrolled arms above an upholstered stuffed seat, on turned and reeded tapering legs.
A set of eight George Ill-style mahogany Dining Chairs, including an armchair, the pierced splats above upholstered drop-in seats, [...]

MAHOGANY TUB CHAIR - WALNUT ARMCHAIRS - EDWARDIAN ART NOUVEAU OAK WRITING DESK - PEDESTAL DINING TABLE - GILT LACQUER PEMBROKE TABLE

Friday, December 25th, 2009

MAHOGANY TUB CHAIR - WALNUT ARMCHAIRS -  EDWARDIAN ART NOUVEAU OAK WRITING DESK - PEDESTAL DINING TABLE - GILT LACQUER PEMBROKE TABLE
A MAHOGANY TUB CHAIR, the frame inlaid with boxwood stringing with a padded back and sprung bow-fronted seat on square tapering legs, with castors, c. 1900.
A SET OF SIX GRAINED WALNUT CHAIRS,
each with an [...]

Queen Anne Sideboard Reproduction Furniture

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

SIDEBOARDS  reproduction, 1890-1930:
`Queen Anne’ styles leading to ‘burr walnut bedappled’
It is not quite clear when the return to 18th century designs led to a thirst for ‘Queen Anne’. Certainly the cabriole leg was used on dining chairs before the end of the century. This feature, on sideboards, seems to have been a bit later  say [...]

Art Nouveau and Progressive Sideboards

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

SIDEBOARDS  art nouveau and progressive, 1890-1915
We have explained elsewhere how art nouveau is a term now used to describe furniture which many of its English original designers would have hotly refuted. The Scottish school and the Century Guild are another
matter, since their sinuous designs are much more akin to Continental art nouveau.
In this section we [...]