Posts Tagged ‘cellaret’

Regency gilt-gesso convex Wall Mirror, Victorian mahogany oval Sutherland Table, Louis XVI-style carved elm Fauteuil, Victorian rosewood revolving Piano Stool

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Regency gilt-gesso convex Wall Mirror, Victorian mahogany oval Sutherland Table, Louis XVI-style carved elm Fauteuil, Victorian rosewood revolving Piano Stool
A walnut and gilt painted triple Dressing Table Mirror, faults, 110cm. wide.
A George III mahogany tray-top Bedside Commode, with a tambour front above a pull-out base, on moulded square legs, 52cm. wide.
A George Ill-style large [...]

George III mahogany breakfront Library Bookcase, Regency rosewood Writing Table, George IV mahogany Serving Table and Cellaret

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

George III mahogany breakfront Library Bookcase, Regency rosewood Writing Table, George IV mahogany Serving Table and Cellaret

A George III mahogany
breakfront Library Bookcase, circa
1810, with the moulded cornice above
two pairs of lancet astragal doors
enclosing adjustable shelves, the lower
part enclosed by corresponding panel
doors with ebonised mouldings, on a
plinth base, 241cm. high by 246cm. wide;
7ft. llin. by [...]

Queen Anne Sideboard Reproduction Furniture

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

SIDEBOARDSĀ  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 laterĀ  say [...]

English Sideboards

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

SIDEBOARDS
About 1770-1915
Inlaid mahogany bow-fronted sideboard, about 1780-1790.
Auseful piece of dining-furniture comprising a number of drawers and cupboards for the storage of cutlery, table linen, condiments and so on, which evolved during the 1770s from the very grand side-table and pedestal ensembles first designed by Robert Adam. In the late-18th/ early-19thC, they often incorporated a plate-warmer, [...]