Posts Tagged ‘Queen Anne’

Continental carved oak Desk, Chinese red lacquered Cabinet, Edwardian mahogany and inlaid Side Cupboard, French provincial walnut Writing Table

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Continental carved oak Desk, Chinese red lacquered Cabinet, Edwardian mahogany and inlaid Side Cupboard, French provincial walnut Writing Table
A Regency mahogany Armchair, the
rectangular back with rope twist rail, the upholstered seat on turned tapering legs; together with a William IV mahogany Armchair, the rectangular back with carved clasp and
scroll arms above an upholstered seat, on [...]

Queen Anne walnut Table Desk, William and Mary walnut and crossbanded Side Table, walnut Display Cabinet-on-Stand

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Queen Anne walnut Table Desk, William and Mary walnut and crossbanded Side Table, walnut Display Cabinet-on-Stand
A Queen Anne walnut and
featherbanded Table Desk, circa 1710,
the fall revealing stepped small drawers and pigeon-holes, the cavetto frieze drawer with lidded and open compartments, 41cm. wide; lft. 4in.
A William and Mary walnut Candle
Stand, circa 1690, the dodecagonal top
inlaid with [...]

George I walnut chair-back Settee, William and Mary walnut and featherbanded Tea Table, George I walnut Armchair, George II yew-wood Chest-on-Chest

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

George I walnut chair-back Settee, William and Mary walnut and featherbanded Tea Table,  George I walnut Armchair, George II yew-wood Chest-on-Chest
A George I walnut and featherbanded Bureau Bookcase, circa 1720, the arched cavetto cornice above a pair of astragal doors enclosing adjustable shelves with a pair of candle
slides and a dummy drawer, the fall revealing [...]

VICTORIAN MAHOGANY SETTEE, BREAKFRONT CABINET, THREE PILLAR DINING TABLE, GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS, ROSEWOOD SALON CHAIR

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

VICTORIAN MAHOGANY SETTEE, BREAKFRONT CABINET, THREE PILLAR DINING TABLE, GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS, ROSEWOOD SALON CHAIR
A LATE WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT CABINET, the top with gadrooned edge above three glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves, interposed by pillars on turned supports and
castors, 40in (102cm) by 59in (150cm), second quarter of the 19th century.
A ROSEWOOD [...]

Louis XV GILT CONSOLE - ITALIAN GILTWOOD GIRANDOLES - FLEMISH CORNER CUPBOARD - WALNUT CHEST ON STAND - SMALL WALNUT BUREAU

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, [...]

GEORGE I TAPESTRY-COVERED WALNUT ARMCHAIR - WALNUT WING ARMCHAIR - MAHOGANY BEDSIDE CUPBOARDS - MAHOGANY TOILET MIRROR - A PAIR OF MAHOGANY CANDLESTICKS

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

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 [...]

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 [...]

Antique 1900`s - 1930`s Hybrid Sideboards

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

SIDEBOARDS  hybrid, 1900-1930
From 1900 to 1930 the sideboard was also subject to a mixture of styles being applied to one piece. A small selection of such hybrids is shown here to illustrate how there are quite a large number of pieces which defy
classification into an accepted stylistic nomenclature.
A veneered walnut sideboard incorporating panels of burr [...]

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, [...]

Antique 18th Century American Sideboards.

Monday, October 12th, 2009

1700`s American Rococo Sideboards
In America, the Rococo sideboard emerged as a distinctly restrained version of the European style : interiors were hardly as fanciful as their European counterparts, and drawing room walls were ornamented with architectural pediments and rectangular panels rather than gilt cartouches, in a persistence of the Palladian style. Japanning was popular, especially [...]