GEORGE I TAPESTRY-COVERED WALNUT ARMCHAIR - WALNUT WING ARMCHAIR - MAHOGANY BEDSIDE CUPBOARDS - MAHOGANY TOILET MIRROR - A PAIR OF MAHOGANY CANDLESTICKS
A FINE GEORGE I TAPESTRY-COVERED WALNUT ARMCHAIR, the arched back and
seat covered in a Soho tapestry woven with brightly coloured summer flowers on a pale
yellow ground within strapwork, the shaped arms on shepherd’s [...]

English Sideboards
In England, dining-room furniture only began to develop as functional purpose-made pieces from c.1730 onwards, with side tables made specifically for serving rather than merely displaying dishes. The first recognizable sideboards were contemporary with the work of the Adam brothers (the middle decades of the eighteenth century) and consisted of a heavy side table [...]

20th Century Art Deco Sideboards
The era that would dismiss the swirls of the Art Nouveau style for the streamlined rationality of machine-age design also witnessed the Art Deco style sideboard, which shared some qualities of each. At the turn of the century, European interest in Indo-Persian exotica was aroused by the displays at the Asian [...]

XVIII Century English Sideboards Rococo Style
In mid-century and in the late 18th century, the French Rococo sideboards caught on in England, inspired largely by the engravings of H. F. Gravelot and by improved peace-time relations with France. In England the
cave-like rocaille, and the cult of the picturesque that accompanied it, became popular along with ornaments [...]