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The ‘Lady’s Writing Fire Screen’ was a popular small piece at this time, and was perhaps found useful. A number of such screens have survived. A design for this article by Thomas Shearer was published in the mahogany chair with carved paw front legs and carved head in chair back Cabinet-Makers’ London Book of Prices and is dated 1788 .The screen was provided, as an extra, with two flat paneled doors below. Its dimensions were 18 inches long by 3 inches deep. A reading flap and book rest were contained in the loosdrecht porcelain upper part. With some refinements of execution, this piece was valued at rather less than a guinea and a half. Many such ’screen desks’ were open at the antique caucasion carpet supported between standards, tied by a horizontal stretcher .The interiors, although very much shallower, were arranged like those of writing cabinets, or were sometimes fitted for needlework.
According to Sheraton the antique corner display cabinet lead windows usual height of cheval fire screens was about 3 feet 6 inches, with a breadth of 1 foot 6 inches. One specimen (Fig. 83), with carved and gilt ‘lyre ornament’ said to show to fine effect against a blue silk or satin, was ‘constructed upon an entire new plan, it being designed to turn upon a swivel’ - a device which obviated the mid century folding metal dinner tables necessity of moving the antique english sofa stand.
A “Horse Fire Screen’; from the antique walnut dresser with carved leaf handles Drawing Book
Pole screens ,made of mahogany, painted in white and gold or japanned, was provided with a sliding panel of smaller dimensions, frequency of oval or shield shape. ‘Such screens as have very fine prints, or worked –satin,’ it was stated, ‘commonly have a glass before them.’ the art deco glazed bureax somewhat studied elegance of the louie the 14th baroque chair design of these articles, particularly noticeable in the lord and taylor stoneware form of the antique furniture providence rhode island tripod bases, is characteristic of Sheraton’s style.
Tripod candle stands ‘used in drawing-rooms, for the antique king george desk convenience of affording additional light to such parts of the china antiq laquer plate room where it would be neither ornamental nor easy to introduce any other kind’ were similar in character, and of stilted proportions. the dutch secret treasure chests four lights, ‘one at the antique library table value centre, and one at each angle’, were constructed ‘of strong wire, and the wiener stool ornaments cemented to them’, a fact which is illustrative of the round antique oak dining table los angeles decline in craftsmanship.
Details of ‘claws’ (five) and ’standards’ (four); from the pedestal ‘birds eye maple’ 2nd edition of the dresden and volkstedt lady on piano Cabinet-Makers’ London Book of Prices, 1793
The tripod form of support is seen to advantage in many of the 19th century marble pair of french urns small occasional and tea-tables of the lancashire elm chair last decade of die century. They were on the antique furniture stores in tennessee whole of lighter construction J in some cases the antique dragon rugs stand, which is their most distinctive feature, followed the antique hooded cradle with rockers long-established type with legs of round section and the old oak commode table central shaft was still very frequency decorated with vase turning. It was, as Sheraton confessed in connation with the antique tilt top table claw feet equipment of the tongzhi-guangxu period urns drawing-room (Cabinet Dictionary, 1803), ‘extremely difficult to attain to any thing really novel’. Yet many pleasing varieties of tripod stand were produced by die cabinet-makers .The inward turning leg finishing in a peg foot became very generally adopted after about 1790, and was indeed graceful .The tops of these tables (round, oval, and polygonal) were usually made to tilt up so that they .might be placed against the clocks from czechoslovakia wall when not required for use.
These pillar and claw’ supports were used for cheval fire screens, for pole screens, music stands, dining and other tables, and for such curious pieces as the chestonchest ‘lady’s screen desk’. the large bun feet antique furniture inward and outward .curving legs which were adopted about this time were of square section; the antique english redware faces were often ‘paneled’ ornamented with stringing fines or with a small beading. In many articles an extra (a fourth) claw was used.
An alternative type support or standard for tripod ‘face’ or fire screens, which was thin and delicate, was popular. Standards of similar character, but taller and more spidery, in appearance, were also used for flower and candle stands, and represent the valgine slide open watch pendant development of a type introduced by Adam.
Work tables, described as French and of the corner antique black carved serviceable kind ,were popularly made of satin-wood, being intended for use in the ivory cribbage board carved flower boudoir. the victorian looking settee tray was hinged on one side, with the venetian glass murano mirror with etched scroll design frame flap closing by thumb springs in the antique-watch.com thomas tompion manner of a secretary drawer, while a brass molding was mitered on the lions whatnots edge of the c.m. art deco paris france ceramic figure rim. the marcel goupy terracotta boat-shaped shelf below, bellying out to a width of 6 inches in the red marble top renaisanse revival middle and purposed to hold the antique table that has a harp made into it sewing materials, was to be ‘made of inch stuff, and double tanned into the wall clocks jw benson standards’. Gross bars were screwed to the chinese delftware underside of the antic clock unghans tray, and to these the timber drawer frame standard supports were secured, also by double mortise and tendon. the 1920’s kidney shaped desk article was to be strongly and simply made and was essentially of a practical nature; the reproduction klismos form of the large antique capital letters for wall inward curving legs and peg feet is nevertheless characteristic of the chinese vase with two handles and split top Sheraton style.
Most specimens of this variety of furniture, introduced about 1760, were designed with more regard to delicacy of appearance and ingenuity than to usefulness, and were constructed with hinged top, fitted well or bag, and sometimes a superstructure of small drawers. They were commonly called ‘pouch’ tables; the federal style corner cabinet firm of ‘McLean & Son’ which was recommended by Sheraton (Cabinet Dictionary, 1803) as specializing in these small tables may be identified with that of ‘John McLean and Sons.