Posts Tagged ‘Antique’

ANTIQUE TRIPOD TABLE, CARVED OAK CENTRE TABLE, ANTIQUE FRETWORK WALL MIRROR, DISPLAY CABINET ON STAND

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

ANTIQUE TRIPOD TABLE, CARVED OAK CENTRE TABLE, ANTIQUE FRETWORK WALL MIRROR, DISPLAY CABINET ON STAND

A CARVED WALNUT ARMCHAIR, George II style, with a pierced splat back and cabriole legs, on claw and ball feet
A CARVED GILT-GESSO AND UPHOLSTERED ARMCHAIR, Louis XVI style, with an oval back and fluted turned legs
A CARVED OAK CENTRE TABLE, 18th [...]

ANTIQUE BIRDCAGE’ TRIPOD TABLE, MAHOGANY BERGERE ARMCHAIRS, INLAID ROSEWOOD SIDE CABINET, CARVED GILTWOOD WALL BRACKET

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

ANTIQUE BIRDCAGE’ TRIPOD TABLE, MAHOGANY BERGERE  ARMCHAIRS, INLAID ROSEWOOD SIDE CABINET, CARVED GILTWOOD WALL BRACKET
AN ANTIQUE AND INLAID
BIJOUTERIE TABLE, Edwardian, the
glazed top above tapered square legs and
spade feet joined stretchers.
A SET OF FOUR MAHOGANY
DINING CHAIRS, George III style,
including a pair of armchairs, with pierced
splats and square legs.
AN ANTIQUE BIRDCAGE’ TRIPOD
TABLE, George II style, modern, with [...]

ANTIQUE WALNUT FURNITURE

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

ANTIQUE WALNUT FURNITURE
A Queen Anne walnut and crossbanded Chest, circa, the two
short and three long drawers inlaid with
featherbanding, the sides in oak.
A William and Mary oyster walnut framed Wall Mirror, circa, the
later rectangular plate within a cushion moulded surround and ovolo border, with shaped cresting.
A William and Mary walnut and satinwood marquetry Wall Mirror, the
later [...]

Antique American Bookcases

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

Antique Bookcases
Art Deco bookcases, walnut, an upright rectangular stepped case stepped open shelves, the front edges painted black, in the style of Paul Frankl, ca. 1935,
lower section projecting banded deep drawer over three graduated molded drawers flanked by turned, carved & baluster-shaped columns, on turned feet on casters, ca. 1840.
Federal ‘extension’ bookcase, mahogany, the bookcase [...]

Antique Bureau Bookcases

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

BUREAU BOOKCASES
In the main, the same rules apply to the value of bureau bookcases as are applied to bureaux themselves and the dating of them lies in an understanding of the mouldings and types of veneered decoration. However, for the bureau bookcase there are additional features, particularly the decoration of the top moulding and the [...]

Antique Dwarf Bookcases

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

BOOKCASES — dwarf
Chiffonier or bookcase. Well-veneered in rosewood with pillars flanking and top mirror supported by well-executed scrolls.
An early nineteenth century example of Regency style with shell inlays in good quality mahogany veneer. The arches on the top of the doors, the use of applied decoration and the slightly high feet all point towards what [...]

Antique Large Bookcases

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

BOOKCASES — large
Bookcases fall into two main types, both the result of the requirements of the rich. The first from the eighteenth and early nineteenth century are floor to ceiling; the small very late eighteenth and nineteenth century examples were bought to preserve wall space for pictures — and even more expensive decoration.
Bookcases have been [...]