Posts Tagged ‘dresser’
Friday, December 18th, 2009
AN OAK DRESSER - CHARLES II OAK GATELEG TABLE - CHARLES II WALNUT CHEST - 17TH CENTURY WALNUT TABLE - WILLIAM AND MARY OAK GATE-LEG TABLE
AN OAK DRESSER, the later rack with a moulded
cornice above an ogee-cut frieze with three shelves, the
base with three panelled frieze drawers, on ringed turned
front legs joined by stretchers, 6ft. [...]
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
OAK AND ELM SETTLE - WILLIAM AND MARY OAK SIDE TABLE - GEORGE II OAK LOW CUPBOARD - GEORGE I OAK PRESS CUPBOARD - OAK WALL CUPBOARD
AN OAK AND ELM SETTLE, the rectangular back
carved with lunettes above three panels set with lozenges
with down-curved arms and baluster supports, the solid
plank seat on baluster legs joined by [...]
Tags: A GEORGE, A GEORGE I OAK, brass, bun feet, BUREAU, cabriole, cabriole legs, CARVED, CENTURY, CHAIR, CHAIRS, CHANDELIER, CHEST, coffer, CORNER, cornice, cupboard, drawers, dresser, EARLY, English, GATELEG, gateleg table, george i, GEORGE I PROVINCIAL, GEORGE II, HANGING, mahogany, MARY OAK, oak chest, PRESS, S IDE, SETTLE, stretchers, TRIPOD, tripod table, UNUSUAL, WALL, wall cupboard, WILLIAM, william and mary
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
OAK CUPBOARD - OAK DRESSER - OAK CORNER CUPBOARD - GEORGE III OAK CHEST - OAK TALLBOY - ELM CRICKET TABLE - OAK CHILD’S TABLE
A SMALL GEORGE II OAK CUPBOARD with cavetto
cornice and a pair of pendant finials, above a pair of
recessed doors with fielded ogee-shaped panels, the
slightly projecting lower part with a pair of [...]
Tags: 18th century, ANOTHER, armchair, breakfront, CENTURY, CHAIRS, CHEST, CORNER, corner cupboard, CRICKET TABLE, CRICKET TABLE - OAK, cupboard, cupboard doors, dresser, drop leaf table, ELMWOOD, frieze drawers, GATELEG, GEORGE II, george iii, mahogany, mahogany panel, oak chest, shelves, stretchers, superstructure, tallboy, UNUSUAL, WOOD, WOOD DROP-LEAF
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
GEORGE III OAK AND ELM DRESSER - GEORGE II OAK TRAVELLING CHEST OF DRAWERS - OAK SETTLE - GEORGE II OAK BUREAU - OAK AND ELM ARMCHAIR - OAK BUREAU BOOKCASE
AN EARLY GEORGE III OAK AND ELM DRESSER, the
rack with a moulded comice and three shelves, the
lower part with three frieze drawers above ogee-carved
aprons, on [...]
Tags: ANOTHER, armchair, baluster, bookcase, BUREAU, cabriole, cabriole legs, CARVED, CHAIRS, CHEST, chest of drawers, CRICKET, cupboard, dark colour, drawers, dresser, EARLY, ELM, frieze drawers, GEORGE II, george iii, mahogany, NARROW, narrow shelves, oak, oak chest, SETTLE, SIDE, stretcher, TRAVELLING, travelling chest, UNUSUAL
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
A WILLIAM AND MARY SMALL OAK CHEST - A WILLIAM AND MARY OAK SIDE TABLE - QUEEN ANNE WALNUT SIDE CHAIR - GEORGE II OAK LOW CUPBOARD
A WILLIAM AND MARY SMALL OAK CHEST of two
short and two long drawers with simple rectangular
fielded panels, 2ft.high by 2ft. wide (75cm.
by 77cm.) circa 1690.
AN OAK DRESSER, the upper [...]
Tags: A GEORGE I OAK, A QUEEN ANNE OAK, A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT, BUREAU, cabriole legs, CHAIR, CHEST, CRADLE, cupboard, decoration, drawers, dresser, GEORGE II, lozenge, MARY OAK, oak chair, oak chest, queen anne oak, QUEEN ANNE WALNUT, shelves, SIDE, side chair, stretcher, superstructure, william and mary
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Antique Victorian, Edwardian, Art Deco and 1920`s Dressers
The term ‘dresser’ comes from the side table used for the `dressing’ of food in the medieval hall. The form which was used in kitchens of the 17th and 18th centuries was still unchanged in the early 19th. Indeed
kitchen furniture, as a general rule, has been the least [...]
Tags: 17th century, Antique, antique dressers, Art Deco, cupboard, cupboards, dresser, DRESSERS, ebony, edwardian styles, oak furniture, Pine Dressers, queen anne, sideboard
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009
French Dressers
A fine Charles II period small antique French dresser, c.1670. The drawers illustrate the geometrical mouldings found on chests of the period the swan-neck handles are a replacement and simple pear-drops or pulls would have been more likely. The legs show a fine example of Restoration turning with inverted cup and baluster forms. Although [...]
Tags: apron, cupboard, cupboard doors, drawer, drawer fronts, drawers, dresser, DRESSERS, French, fruitwood, price, Restoration
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
DRESSERS: DUMB WAITERS
About 1750-1830
Straightforward mahogany dumb waiter, ,lbout 1760.
Acontemporary term for an early form of supper trolley for use when servants were not in attendance. Designed to stand within easy reach of the table to hold condiments, plates and other dining accessories.
A central turned column on a tripod (or occasionally four-legged) base, with feet mounted [...]
Tags: antique dressers, ball feet, cabriole, cabriole legs, condiments, dining, drawer, dresser, DRESSERS, dumb waiter, dumb waiters, mahogany, mouldings, pattern, paw, recesses, Regency, surface, tongue and groove, tongue and groove joints, tripod base, variation, WAITERS
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
Antique English Dressers - Charles II period small oak dresser - 17th Century oak dresser - fruitwood dresser of the early 18th century on cabriole legs - English country dresser - oak dresser with upper shelves and single cupboard door - Queen Anne mahogany cupboarded oak dresser with drawers
The demarcation between antique cupboards and [...]
Tags: 17th century, Antique, antique cupboards, antique dressers, apron, cabriole leg, cabriole legs, charles ii, cupboard, dresser, DRESSERS, English, fruitwood, kitchen, kitchen furniture, mahogany, moulding, oak, Pine Dressers, queen anne, table, value
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
English Dresser
In the late sixteenth century, while wealthy households separated their dining rooms from the large hall and displayed their fine plate and porcelain on impressive court cupboards in their parlours, yeomen farmers moved to brick-built farmhouses with fewer rooms and servants. In their parlours were ’side boordes’ - long shallow tables with a single [...]
Tags: Antique, canopy, dresser, DRESSERS, England, English, frieze drawers, oak, oak dressers, panelled doors, side tables, sixteenth century, storage cupboards, value
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