Posts Tagged ‘Scroll’
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
George III mahogany and crossbanded pedestal Sideboard, George II red walnut small Tea Table, George III mahogany Bureau, George IV mahogany Side Table
A George III mahogany and
crossbanded pedestal Sideboard,
made-up, of inverted serpentine form,
inlaid throughout with stringing, the
three frieze drawers above a pair of
bowed cupboard doors, on plinth bases,
97cm. high by 188cm. wide; 3ft. 2in. by
6ft. [...]
Tags: A GEORGE IV, ARMCHAIRS, book spines, BREAKFRONT, bun, bun feet, BUREAU, CIRCULAR, cluster, cupboard doors, cut glass, DINING, drawer, GEORGE II, George III, george iv, inlaid, lotus leaf, Mahogany, MIRROR, PARCEL-GILT, paw, platform base, rectangular plate, red walnut, Regency, ROSEWOOD, Scroll, SIDE, sideboard, SIMULATED, sphinx, STATIONERY, swan neck, tea table, TEAPOY, wall mirror, william iv
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Friday, December 25th, 2009
A COMPOSITE MARBLE COLUMN - A PAIR OF BARBEDIENNE GILT-BRONZE CANDLESTiCKS - BURR-CHESTNUT MUSICAL CIGARETTE BOX
A PAIR OF NEO-CLASSICAL REVIVAL URNS,
each of slender ovoid form cast in low relief with an aesthetic arrangement of blossom and insects, black slate socles, 18fin; 47.5cm, 1870’s.
A PATINATED LEAD FIGURE OF A SCOUT,
the young man standing with his arms [...]
Tags: A BURR-CHESTNUT MUSICAL, acanthus, ANOTHER, BARBEDIENNE, BOULLE, bronze vase, BURR-CHESTNUT MUSICAL, candlesticks, celestial globe, CENTURY, cherubs, CHEST, cigarette box, classical revival, corinthian capital, cup of wine, F. Barbedienne, GILT-BRONZE, leaf cast, marble base, plinth, putto, Revival, Rococo, Scroll, Serpentine, SILVERED, stem, terrestrial globe, tortoiseshell, Wooden, WRITING, writing slope
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Saturday, December 19th, 2009
TOILET MIRROR - SERPENTINE-FRONTED STEEL BASKET GRATE - MARY BLACK-JAPANNED SIDE TABLE - WILLIAM AND MARY BURR-WALNUT WALL MIRROR
A COPPER TEA URN of elegant U-shape with urn-
topped finial, pair of loop handles, brass tap and turned
socle on square base, lft. Hin. high (58cm.) early 19th
Century.
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TOILET MIRROR, the
oval plate with a crossbanded [...]
Tags: BOW-FRONT, brass candle, brass candlesticks, brass finials, burr walnut, CHEST, COPPER, copper kettle, Feet, frieze drawers, George III, grate, iron trivet, JAPANNED, Mahogany, MARY BLACK-JAPANNED, mary burr, MARY OYSTER-VENEERED, MARY WALNUT, MARY WALNUT-VENEERED, MIRROR, oval shape, PROVINCIAL, rectangular plate, Scroll, SERPENTINE-FRONTED, STAND, TOILET, william and mary
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Saturday, December 19th, 2009
SIDE CABINET - WINE COOLER AND STAND - BUREAU BOOKCASE - BREAKFRONT SIDEBOARD - SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE
A GEORGE III OCTAGONAL MAHOGANY WINE COOLER AND STAND, the lid and body with
three brass bands and a pair of loop handles, with zinc-lined interior, the stand
with square tapering legs and castors, 2ft. 3in. high by Ift. 6in. wide (68cm. [...]
Tags: ARMCHAIR, ARMCHAIRS, astragal, BOOKCASE, brass bands, BREAKFRONT, BUREAU, cabinet, castors, COOLER, cornice, D-SHAPED, diamond, diamond section, dining table, drawer, Drawers, dressing table, EIGHT, figured wood, frieze, George III, LIBRARY, Mahogany, mahogany sideboard, OCTAGONAL, part, Scroll, SECRETAIRE, SERPENTINE-FRONTED, SERVING, SIDE, sideboard, small sideboard, TABLE, tulipwood, veneered doors, WINE, wine cooler
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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
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 [...]
Tags: ARMCHAIR, ball feet, brass candle, cabriole legs, carmine, Contemporary, crossbanding, cupboard, cupboards, drawer, English, Feet, GEORGE I TAPESTRY-COVERED, George III, IMPORTANT, Mahogany, mirror panels, moulding, Queen Anne, QUEEN ANNE NEEDLEWORK-COVERED, QUEEN ANNE WALNUT, rectangular plate, Scroll, Serpentine, shepherd, SILVER-MOUNTED SHAGREEN, STOOL, stretcher, stretchers, summer flowers, TOILET, wall mirror, WING
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Saturday, December 19th, 2009
FLEMISH ARMADA CHEST - ELMWOOD BOARDED STOOL - CARVED AND INLAID OAK CHEST - CARVED OAK ARMCHAIR - STANDING LIVERY CUPBOARD
A FLEMISH ARMADA CHEST in iron overlaid with interlaced riveted
strapwork, with a thirteen-tongue interior sprung lock, lft. 7in.
high by 3ft. 2in. wide (48cm. by 96cm.) late,17th Century.
A DUTCH OAK SPICE CABINET with a rectangular moulded [...]
Tags: 17th century, A CHARLES, ARMCHAIR, BOARDED, cabinet, CHARLES I CARVED, CHARLES I OAK, CHARLES II, CHEST, coffret, cupboard, decoration, drawer, Dutch, Elizabeth, Elizabethan, ELMWOOD, French, JAMES I OAK, MEDIAEVAL, oak chest, Scroll, serpents, spice cabinet, stretchers, TRIANGULAR
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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 [...]
Tags: Antique, cabinetmakers, cabriole, cabriole legs, chest of drawers, chinoiserie, Chippendale, English, French, Gothic, gothic revival, japanning, Mahogany, New York, Pembroke, Queen Anne, Rococo, Rococo Sideboards, Scroll, Serpentine, sideboard, Sideboards, Style, Tables, Upholstered
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