Posts Tagged ‘Italian’
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
Italian walnut and satinwood banded Work Table, Louis XV-style kingwood parquetry Table, Regency tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl inlaid Tea Caddy
An Italian walnut and satinwood banded Work Table, circa 1850, with kingwood crossbanding and pierced brass gallery, the circular hinged top revealing a velvet-lined well, the
triple supports above an undertier and scroll feet, 38cm. diam.; lft. 3in.
An [...]
Tags: 5ft 3in, A GEORGE, chinoiserie, crossbanding, DECANTER, decoration, drop leaf table, exotic birds, george iv, H. W. Bedford, HARDWOOD, Italian, italian side, Martin, OCTAGONAL, octagonal base, opening, panel, parquetry, Regency, ROSEWOOD, SATINWOOD, square legs, TABLE, tortoiseshell, transitional style, Work
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Friday, December 25th, 2009
BRONZE AND GILT-BRONZE CHANDELIER - NORTH ITALIAN WALNUT COFFER - WROUGHT-IRON STRONG BOX - GENOESE WALNUT CABINET - FLEMISH CABINET ON STAND - DUTCH PAINTED THREE-FOLD CHIMNEY BOARD
A PAIR OF ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS, with flower-
cast nozzles and the circular engine-turned stems
with feather tops, on circular bases cast with lyres and
butterflies, Hin. high (28cm.) circa 1820, one [...]
Tags: 17th century, 18th century, amphora, ANOTHER, ARMCHAIR, armoriai, arrangement, beechwood, cabinet, candlesticks, CENTURY, CHAIRS, CHANDELIER, CHEST, circa, coffee cup, coffer, COVERS, cup and saucer, cupboard, drip pan, EIGHT, FLEMISH, French, frieze, GENOESE, GILT-BRONZE, GILTWOOD, Italian, italian walnut, LEATHER-COVERED, Mahogany, MARQUETRY, moulding, mouldings, nozzles, ORMOLU, PAIR, POINT, silks, sofa covers, stretchers, STRONG, strong box, TABLE, thimble, walnut, WROUGHT-IRON
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Friday, December 25th, 2009
NORTH ITALIAN PAINTED CHAIRS - DUTCH MAHOGANY COMMODE - PAINTED DISPLAY TABLE - ELM CHEST OF DRAWERS - WALNUT SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT - EXPORT LACQUER WORK TABLE
A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN PAINTED CHAIRS, the moulded cartouche-shaped backs with pierced splats, the stuffed seats on moulded cabriole legs, circa 1765.
AN ITALIAN KINGWOOD- AND PARQUETRY-VENEERED
COMMODE, the serpentine [...]
Tags: Antique, ARTE-POVERA BEDSIDE, bombe, brass swan, cabriole, chair, chessboard, CHEST, chest of drawers, column, commode, cupboard, DISPLAY, Drawers, Dutch, EBONY CUPBOARD, EXPORT, GILTWOOD, Italian, kingwood, LACQUER, lacquer work, Mahogany, MARQUETRY, PAINTED, PARQUETRY-VENEERED, peasant, pink marble, playing card, POLLARD, rectangular plate, scrollwork, SECRETAIRE, Serpentine, SMALL, walnut, walnut table
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Saturday, December 19th, 2009
Louis XV GILT CONSOLE - ITALIAN GILTWOOD GIRANDOLES - FLEMISH CORNER CUPBOARD - WALNUT CHEST ON STAND - SMALL WALNUT BUREAU
A Louis XV GILT CONSOLE with pierced leaf-carved frieze,
in-scrolled legs carved with leaves and husks and joined
by a pierced stretcher centred by a cartouche, 2ft. 7in. high by 2ft. 8V2W.
wide (79cm. by 82.5cm.) mid-18th Century, [...]
Tags: arched back, ARMCHAIR, BOX, BUREAU, cabriole legs, candlesticks, cape dutch, CENTURY, CHEST, comice, commode, corner cupboard, frieze drawers, GEORGE I WALNUT, GILTWOOD, GIRANDOLES, glass chandelier, green marble, grotesque mask, Italian, louis xv, MARQUETRY, MARY WALNUT, ormolu mounts, panelled doors, Queen Anne, SILVERED, SMALL, spiral twist, splats, STAND, STINKWOOD, stretchers, tulipwood
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Saturday, December 19th, 2009
GEORGE IV WHITE AND GILT ARMCHAIR - LOUIS XV GILT-METAL CANDLESTICKS - FOUR-FOLD PAINTED LEATHER SCREEN - REGENCE CANED BEECHWOOD SETTEE
A GEORGE IV WHITE AND GILT ARMCHAIR with
stuffed back and padded arms with reeded handles,
circular supports and legs, circa 1820.
A REGENCY GILTWOOD CONVEX MIRROR, the
tubular frame with four plaster lotus clasps, the
anthemion cresting flanked [...]
Tags: acanthus, anthemion, ARMCHAIR, ARMOIRE, beechwood, bergere, cabriole, CHEST, convex mirror, drip pans, FLEMISH, george iv, GILT, GILTWOOD, Italian, lotus base, louis xv, Mahogany, MARQUETRY, MIRROR, music stand, nozzles, plinth, rectangular plate, Regence, SECRETAIRE, SERPENTINE-FRONTED, SETTEE, top, tubular frame, walnut, william iv
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Saturday, December 19th, 2009
DUTCH PARQUETRY CABINET - INLAID MAHOGANY WRITING DESK - DUTCH MAHOGANY CYLINDER BUREAU -ITALIAN GILTWOOD LOOKING GLASS - JAPANNED CABINET ON STAND
A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE PASTILLE-BURNERS each in
the form of a vase with pierced lid surrounded by three
fasces, supported on seated gryphons, 8′/tin. high
(21.5cm.) early 19th Century.
A DUTCH MAHOGANY AND BRASS BRAZIER
with a brass carrying [...]
Tags: A CHARLES, boxwood, BRAZIER, cabinet, chair, CHARLES X CARVED, CHEST, cupboard doors, CYLINDER, dancing goats, DESK, diamond, Dutch, dutch painting, EBONY CHAIRS, EBONY WORK-CASKET, Feet, form, franciscan monks, GILT-BRONZE, GILTWOOD, Italian, JAPANNED, kingwood, LOOKING, Mahogany, mahogany chest, MARQUETRY, painting on glass, parquetry, peasant girl, PICTURE, spandrels, TRIANGULAR, WRITING, writing desk
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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
FLEMISH CARVED WALNUT ARMCHAIR - LOMBARD WALNUT BUREAU - FLEMISH WING ARMCHAIR - MID-18TH CENTURY DUTCH WALNUT AND MARQUETRY CHEST - DANISH ROSEWOOD-VENEERED CABINET
A GOOD FLEMISH CARVED WALNUT ARMCHAIR, the
back with a gadrooned scroll cresting above a splat of
circles and ovals flanked by scrollwork and with turned
supports, the leaf-carved arms on turned supports and
the caned [...]
Tags: 17th century, 18th century, ARMCHAIR, armoriai, Augustin Gil, baluster, BASKET, birds and flowers, BUREAU, cabriole legs, CHAIRS, CHEST, column, DANISH, Drawers, dutch east indies, FLEMISH, glass, GOOD, Italian, leather, LOMBARD, LOOKING, MARQUETRY, oval, ovals, PAIR, ROSEWOOD-VENEERED, Scroll, scrollwork, sheaves, SPANISH, STOOL, stretcher, veneered cabinet, walnut, WING
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Saturday, December 19th, 2009
A REGENCY PENWORK LETTER BASKET - PARCEL-GILT AND EBONISED CONVEX MIRROR - MID-VICTORIAN PAPIER-MACHE TRAY - ROSEWOOD AND WALNUT TABLE CABINET
A PAIR OF SPA PAINTED BOXES of shaped outline, the slightly domed lids each
painted with a scene of peasants after Breugel, one with haymakers refreshing themselves,
the other with a game of bowls, the sides with [...]
Tags: 18th century, ANOTHER, BASKET, breugel, cabinet, cast brass, CENTURY, cupboard, cupboards, EBONY-VENEERED SIDE, french style, George III, george iv, GILTWOOD, insects and flowers, Italian, LETTER, MARQUETRY, metal chains, metal claw, MID-VICTORIAN, MIRROR, oak, PAINTED, PAIR, PAPIER-MACHE, PARCEL-GILT, pedestal, PENWORK, polychrome, Regence, Regency, ROSEWOOD, scrollwork, TABLE, TRAY, wall brackets, wall mirror, walnut, walnut table
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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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