Posts Tagged ‘mahogany’
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
MAHOGANY TEA OR GAMES TABLE - SATINWOOD SIDE TABLE - GEORGE III MAHOGANY SOFA - MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE - MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
A GEORGE III SEMI-CIRCULAR MAHOGANY CARD
TABLE, the top crossbanded in satinwood and kingwood,
the frieze inlaid with stringing and raised on square
tapering legs with later castors, 3fi. wide (92cm.) circa
1785.
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TEA OR GAMES [...]
Tags: 19th century, adjustable shelves, bookcase, bracket, canterbury, CARVED, CENTURY, CHEST, circular shape, crossbanding, cupboard, drawer, drawers, flowerhead, GAMES, george iii, GILTWOOD, kingwood, lozenge, mahogany, mahogany sideboard, mahogany table, moulding, pedestal dining table, Regency, rounded corners, SECRETAIRE, SEMI-CIRCULAR, SIDE, sideboard, SOFA, Square, table, tulipwood, TWO-PEDESTAL, yew wood
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
PINE CORNER CUPBOARD - GEORGE IV MAHOGANY CHAIRS - MAHOGANY SMALL DRUM-TOP TABLE - ROSEWOOD CENTRE TABLE - MARQUETRY WRITING-CABINET
A GEORGE III PINE CORNER CUPBOARD
with moulded cornice and three shelves with
shaped fronts above a pair of doors with fielded panels,
8ft. 7in. high by 4ft. 2in. wide
(262cm. by 127cm.) circa 1800.
A SET OF FIVE REGENCY MAHOGANY [...]
Tags: A GEORGE IV, A WILLIAM IV, armchairs, baluster, breakfront, cabriole legs, CARVED, centre, CENTURY, CHAIR, CIRCULAR, CORNER, corner cupboard, cornice, crossbanding, cupboard, cupboard doors, diam, drawers, FIRESCREEN, george iv, Gothic, mahogany, MARQUETRY, ORMOLU, Regency, rosewood, rounded corners, SECRETAIRE, TRIANGULAR, TRIPOD, two pairs, WILLIAM IV, writing, WRITING-CABINET
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE - MAHOGANY WING ARMCHAIR - HANGING CORNER CUPBOARD - BUREAU CABINET - TRIPOD TABLE - MAHOGANY PLATE CABINET
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE with a
rectangular top, three drawers in the shaped frieze and
chamfered legs, 2ft. high by 2ft. 6in. wide (70cm. by
76cm.) circa 1755.
A LATE GEORGE II MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR, the
serpentine toprail and [...]
Tags: 19th century, arched doors, armchair, BUREAU, cabriole legs, CARVED, CHAIRS, chamfered corners, CIRCULAR, compartment, corner cupboard, front, GEORGE II, george iii, Gothic, Gothic-pierced, HANGING, leg, mahogany, mirror frame, oak, seat, SECRETAIRE, table, TRIANGULAR, tripod table, WING
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
GEORGE III JAPANNED CHESTNUT URNS - OVAL TRAY - ORMOLU AND BRONZE CANDLESTICK - WALNUT CHEST ON STAND - OLIVEWOOD CABINET ON STAND - MAHOGANY GAMES TABLE
Two REGENCY CIRCULAR PAPIER-MACHE COASTERS,
one in scarlet and one in black, each decorated with a
band of leaves, each approximately 5in. diam. (13cm.)
circa 1810.
A PAIR OF GEORGE III JAPANNED CHESTNUT [...]
Tags: A GEORGE I WALNUT, A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT, BRONZE, bun feet, cabinet, cabriole, CANDLESTICK, CARVED, CHAIR, CHAIRS, charles ii, CHESTNUT, CIRCULAR, COASTERS, CUT-PAPER, drawers, GEORGE II, george iii, george iv, GOOD, JAPANNED, mahogany, marble base, MARY OYSTER-VENEERED, nozzles, OLIVEWOOD, ORMOLU, oval tray, part, pigeon holes, queen of great britain, Regency, STAND, stretcher, surface, walnut cabinet, william and mary
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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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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
CHIFFONIERS
A mahogany chiffonier with scrolled shelf supports. Several similar types appear in designs of this period. 1820-1830
A rosewood chiffonier with glazed door panels in gilt Gothic design frames. The shelf above is supported on ormolu pillars and has a gallery rail. There is a mirror at the back.
An elegant chiffonier with shelves above, brass latticed [...]
Tags: cabinet, chiffonier, CHIFFONIERS, cupboard, design frames, drawing room, Furniture, Gothic, mahogany, panelled doors, piece of furniture, Regency, sideboard, sideboards, silk, victorian period
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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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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
DRESSERS
About 1650-1915
Late-17thC dresser with applied geometric moulding.
At all times a respected piece of furniture in rural homes - good enough for use as a sideboard in the parlours of large farmhouses and manor houses, but found only in the kitchens of more sophisticated town and city dwellers. Tremendous regional variation; as a very general rule, [...]
Tags: Antique, baluster, base mouldings, brass, bun feet, cabriole leg, cabriole legs, city dwellers, drawer, DRESSERS, farmhouses, Furniture, kitchen, mahogany, manufacture, Marriages, moulding, piece of furniture, price, regional variation, sideboard, stretchers, table, variation, Yorkshire
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