Posts Tagged ‘panelled doors’

ANTIQUE AND SATINWOOD CROSSBANDED SIDE TABLE, ANTIQUE SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE, OVAL MAHOGANY DROP-LEAF TABLE

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

ANTIQUE AND SATINWOOD CROSSBANDED SIDE TABLE, ANTIQUE SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE, OVAL MAHOGANY DROP-LEAF TABLE
A NEST OF THREE WALNUT
OCCASIONAL TABLES, 18th Century, oval
and on turned legs, faults. wide,
together with a blue Japanned wine table,
18th Century, the circular top decorated with a bird and flowers. diameter, and a brass tray top table, Near Eastern, on a folding wood [...]

Italian carved gilt Corner Table, French Empire-style mahogany, wrought iron and parcel-gilt Pier Table, Flemish Toilet Mirror

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

Italian carved gilt Corner Table, French Empire-style mahogany, wrought iron and parcel-gilt Pier Table, Flemish Toilet Mirror
A French Empire-style mahogany
two-tier Etagere, circa, with brass
banding, mounts and key pattern, with a
drawer and carrying handles, on turned
and fluted supports ending in castors, brass
banding partially lifting, one leg loose.
An Empire white painted and gilt
Armchair, circa, the rectangular
back, padded [...]

Regency mahogany drop-leaf Breakfast Table, George III mahogany Card Table, George III mahogany ‘Birdcage Table’, seven George IV mahogany rail-back Chairs

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

Regency mahogany drop-leaf Breakfast Table, George III mahogany Card Table, George III mahogany ‘Birdcage Table’, seven George IV mahogany rail-back Chairs
A Regency mahogany drop-leaf
Breakfast Table, circa, the
ebonised strung frieze with a drawer, the
turned pillar above inverted quadruple
scroll supports and disc medallions, on
square brass cappings and castors,
wide;
A George III mahogany
hexagonal brass-bound Cellaret,
made-up, with hinged cover and [...]

Regency rosewood Chiffonier, Regency rosewood Library Table, George III mahogany Bureau, Regency mahogany Cabinet

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

Regency rosewood Chiffonier, Regency rosewood Library Table, George III mahogany Bureau, Regency mahogany Cabinet
A Regency rosewood Library Table, circa, the ‘D’-shaped ends with hinged covers and wells, the frieze with two real and two opposing dummy drawers, the square end supports with triple turned spindles, the splayed legs ending in leaf-clad brass cappings and castors.
A [...]

Breakfront and Library Bookcases

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

BREAKFRONT AND LIBRARY BOOKCASES
About 1730 onwards
George III mahogany breakfront bookcase with broken pediment.
Free-standing domestic bookcases were rare before the 18thC. Those made for Samuel Pepys in the 1660s are the earliest known. After about 1720, as people owned more books, substantial bookcases were to be found in the libraries of all large houses; by the [...]