Posts Tagged ‘design’
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
George II mahogany Bookcase, Edwardian burr walnut veneered and inlaid Occasional Table, Victorian rosewood Centre Table, George III mahogany carver Chair
A George II mahogany Bookcase, with a
pair of fielded panel doors above candle slides,
100cm. wide, formerly with a cabinet base.
Seven various Chairs, comprising: two
ash spindle-back rush-seat chairs, early 19th
Century, including an armchair, an ash
ladder-back rush-seat [...]
Tags: A GEORGE, ARMCHAIR, ball feet, BAMBOO, BOOKCASE, BRASS, burr walnut, cabriole, cabriole legs, carver chair, CENTURY, CHAIRS, CHEST, column, commode, design, dining chairs, drawer, edwardian, extending dining table, FAUTEUIL, foliate, frieze, GEORGE, GEORGE II, George III, GEORGIAN, GILT, glass, louis xv, louis xv style, Mahogany, MIRROR, oak, oak chest, OCCASIONAL, occasional chairs, occasional table, panel doors, pedestal table, Regency, regency style, ROSEWOOD, rush seat, SIMILAR, square legs, tapering pillar, undershelf, wall mirror, washstand
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
LOMBARD WALNUT COMMODES, Louis XV/XVI TRANSITIONAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND AMARANTH COMMODE, LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK, Louis XVI SIDE CHAIRS
AN UNUSUAL SUITE OF GERMAN GROTTO SEAT FURNITURE comprising a three-seat
settee, six armchairs and a rocking chair, the tall carved silvered backs and seats with gilt-
wood dolphin arms on rockwork legs, the rocking chair [...]
Tags: 19th century, Abraham Roentgen, AMARANTH COMMODE, ARMCHAIR, ARMCHAIRS, bronze, BUREAU, cabriole, cabriole legs, CARTEL, CENTURY, CIRCULAR, commode louis xv, COMMODES, design, EBONY, enamel dial, flowerhead, FRONT, furniture, GEOR, GILTWOOD, GROTTO, Hans Huth, Jean-Joseph de Saint, KNIFE, louis xv, louis xvi, Mahogany, MANTEL, MARQUETRY, nicolay, ORMOLU, ORMOLU-MOUNTED, PAINTED, rocking chair, ROSEWOOD, ROSEWOOD-VENEERED, sabots, saddle shape, schloss rheinsberg, SECRETAIRE, SETTEE, SILVERED, TRANSITIONAL, tulipwood, walnut, WHEEL, xviiie siecle
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
LOUIS XVI MARBLE, BRONZE AND ORMOLU PENDULE, DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK, XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SIDE CABINET, ORMOLU AND BRONZE WALL CLOCK
A RARE AND VERY IMPORTANT LOUIS XVI MARBLE, BRONZE AND ORMOLU PENDULE
A CERCLES TOURNANTS attributed to Thomire, the enamel hour and minute rings decorated in the manner of Coteau with exceptionally finely drawn gilt [...]
Tags: 18th century, 19th century, acanthus, alternative arrangements, ANOTHER, Antique, BREAKFRONT, cabinet, CANDELABRA, CERCLES, chimney piece, collection, commode, CORNER, coteau, design, enamel dial, English, escapement, GILT-BRONZE, gryphons, IMPORTANT, louis xv, louis xvi, Mahogany, manner, MANTEL, mantel clock, marble urn, musee des arts decoratifs, musee des arts decoratifs paris, neo classicism, ORMOLU-MOUNTED, Paris, PLAQUE, polychrome, SECRETAIRE, SIDE, summer flowers, TOURNANTS, TRIPOD, VERY
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Friday, December 25th, 2009
ROSEWOOD WELLINGTON CHEST - WALNUT BREAKFRONT BOOKCASE - WALNUT SIDEBOARD - ROSEWOOD STOOL IN LOUIS XVI STYLE
A ROSEWOOD WELLINGTON CHEST with
ten long drawers retained by flat columns headed by lotus capitals, 52 by 24in; 132 by 61cm, c. 1840.
A GOOD ‘GEORGE Iii’ SERPENTINE MAHO-
GANY CHEST, the moulded top with a brushing slide above three graduated [...]
Tags: A BURR-WALNUT TRIPOD, ARMCHAIR, ARMCHAIRS, base, BED, bedroom suites, BOOKCASE, BREAKFAST, breakfast table, BREAKFRONT, burr walnut, cabriole legs, cupboard doors, design, EIGHT, frieze drawers, George III, louis xv, louis xvi style, MIRROR, Norship Street, OCTAGONAL, ogee, ROSEWOOD, Serpentine, SIDE, sideboard, superstructure, TRAY, tripod table
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Saturday, December 19th, 2009
A Louis XV PROVINCIAL WALNUT COMMODE - GERMAN MAHOGANY ARMOIRE - ITALIAN WALNUT PARQUETRY COMMODE - DANISH OAK AND MARQUETRY BUREAU CABINET
A Louis XV PROVINCIAL WALNUT COMMODE, the
inverted serpentine front with three short and two long
moulded panelled drawers, with moulded corners and
panelled sides, 2ft. 6V2in. high by 4ft. 2in. wide (80cm. by
127cm.) mid-18th Century.
A Louis [...]
Tags: ARMCHAIR, beechwood, book spines, bun feet, BUREAU, cabinet, cabriole legs, CENTURY, commode, cupboard, CYLINDER, design, drawer, duck egg, Feet, interior, Italian, italian walnut, leather book, louis xv, Mahogany, mahogany armoire, MARQUETRY, NORTH, North German, PAINTED, parquetry, pigeon holes, PROVINCIAL, rounded corners, SATINWOOD, scrolled feet, stretchers, swan neck
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Saturday, December 19th, 2009
MAHOGANY TOILET MIRROR - MARBLE-TOPPED SERPENTINE MARQUETRY COMMODES - BOW-FRONT CHEST - NORTH COUNTRY WINDSOR ARMCHAIRS - PAINTED D-SHAPED SIDE CABINET
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TOILET MIRROR with rectangular crossbanded frame,
the supports with acorn finials and the base with a pair of drawers, on bracket feet, lft.
11 in. wide (58cm.)
antique lamps
A FINE PAIR OF GEORGE III [...]
Tags: 18th century, adjustable shelves, ARMCHAIR, ARMCHAIRS, BOW-FRONT, brass bands, cabinet, CENTURY, CIRCULAR, circular plate, commode, COMMODES, cylindrical body, decoration, design, Drawers, FLOWER PICTURES, George III, john cobb, Mahogany, MARBLE-TOPPED, MARQUETRY, NORTH, PAINTED, Regency, Rococo, Samuel Dixon, satinwood drawers, Serpentine, TOILET, tulipwood, WINDSOR, WING
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
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 [...]
Tags: Adam, Antique, brass candle holders, Contemporary, cupboards, design, dining room furniture, drawer, eighteenth century, English, furniture, George Smith, hepplewhite, Mahogany, mahogany veneers, pedestal, sideboard, Sideboards, Tables
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
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 [...]
Tags: 20th century art, Antique, Art Deco, art deco style, art nouveau style, Bauhaus, cabinets sideboards, Contemporary, design, French, German, glass, interior style, Italian, leather, sideboard, Style, Tables
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
Eighteenth Century English, French, German and Italian Sideboards.
1700`s sideboards designs based on the French Rococo shape were still popular in the latter half of the 18th century The shape of the sideboard was slow to adopt Neoclassical
styling and, until the 1780s, sideboards with undulating curves and cabriole legs, like those of Rococo sideboards, continued to [...]
Tags: cabriole, cabriole legs, design, eighteenth century, English, French, German, Gustavian, Italian, Mahogany, Neoclassical, pattern, Rococo Sideboards, sideboard, Sideboards, Style
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
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 [...]
Tags: buffet, Cabinets, cabriole, case clocks, chair, commode, Contemporary, design, English, fire screens, Gothic, louis xv, louis xv style, Mahogany, Queen Anne, Rococo Sideboards, rococo style, Settees, sideboard, Sideboards, Style, Thomas Chippendale, Twisted, value, work tables
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